osmclient.osm vnfd-create fails

When executing the following command:

osm vnfd-create hackfest_basic_vnf.tar.gz

I get the follwing error:

/etc/magic, 0: Warning: using regular magic file `/usr/share/misc/magic'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/snap/osmclient/37/bin/osm", line 11, in <module>
    load_entry_point('osmclient==6.0.1+gb2829e9', 'console_scripts', 'osm')()
  File "/snap/osmclient/37/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 764, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/snap/osmclient/37/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 717, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "/snap/osmclient/37/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1137, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "/snap/osmclient/37/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 956, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
  File "/snap/osmclient/37/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 555, in invoke
    return callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/snap/osmclient/37/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/decorators.py", line 17, in new_func
    return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)
  File "/snap/osmclient/37/lib/python2.7/site-packages/osmclient/scripts/osm.py", line 1091, in vnfd_create1
    vnfd_create(ctx, filename, overwrite)
  File "/snap/osmclient/37/lib/python2.7/site-packages/osmclient/scripts/osm.py", line 1075, in vnfd_create
    ctx.obj.vnfd.create(filename, overwrite)
  File "/snap/osmclient/37/lib/python2.7/site-packages/osmclient/sol005/vnfd.py", line 124, in create
    mime_type = magic.from_file(filename, mime=True)
  File "/snap/osmclient/37/lib/python2.7/site-packages/magic.py", line 135, in from_file
    m = _get_magic_type(mime)
  File "/snap/osmclient/37/lib/python2.7/site-packages/magic.py", line 123, in _get_magic_type
    i = _instances[mime] = Magic(mime=mime)
  File "/snap/osmclient/37/lib/python2.7/site-packages/magic.py", line 67, in __init__
    magic_load(self.cookie, magic_file)
  File "/snap/osmclient/37/lib/python2.7/site-packages/magic.py", line 264, in magic_load
    return _magic_load(cookie, coerce_filename(filename))
  File "/snap/osmclient/37/lib/python2.7/site-packages/magic.py", line 195, in errorcheck_negative_one
    raise MagicException(err)
magic.MagicException: cannot read magic file `/etc/magic' (Permission denied)

This is using the descriptor package from the OSM ftp and the Canonical Distribution of OSM