Failed to create lock when creating conda environment

Question

I am trying to create a conda environment and I keep getting warnings about failures to create locks. Why is this happening and how can this be fixed?

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WARNING conda.lock:touch(53): Failed to create lock, do not run conda in parallel processes [errno 13]
WARNING conda.lock:touch(53): Failed to create lock, do not run conda in parallel processes [errno 13]
WARNING conda.lock:touch(53): Failed to create lock, do not run conda in parallel processes [errno 13]
WARNING conda.lock:touch(53): Failed to create lock, do not run conda in parallel processes [errno 13]
WARNING conda.lock:touch(53): Failed to create lock, do not run conda in parallel processes [errno 13]
WARNING conda.lock:touch(53): Failed to create lock, do not run conda in parallel processes [errno 13]
WARNING conda.lock:touch(53): Fail