-----Details----- When I am menber of the group "root", LibreOffice generates some config file with root group's ownership on initial startup. $ find /home/myuser/.config/libreoffice/ -group root /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/config/standard.soe /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/config/standard.soc /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/config/modern.sog /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/config/standard.sod /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/config/gallery.soc /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/config/classic.sog /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/config/html.soc /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/config/styles.sod /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/config/palette.soc /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/config/tango.soc /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/config/autotbl.fmt /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/config/hatching.soh /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/config/arrowhd.soe /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/config/cmyk.soc /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/config/standard.soh /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/config/web.soc /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/config/scribus.soc /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/config/standard.sog /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/config/standard.sob /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/config/libreoffice.soc /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/autotext/mytexts.bau /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/basic/script.xlc /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/basic/dialog.xlc /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/basic/Standard/script.xlb /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/basic/Standard/dialog.xlb /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/basic/Standard/Module1.xba /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/database/biblio.odb /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/database/evolocal.odb /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/database/biblio/biblio.dbf /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/database/biblio/biblio.dbt /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/gallery/sg30.sdv /home/username/.config/libreoffice/4/user/gallery/sg30.thm The function "oslChangeFileModes" in sal/osl/unx/file_misc.cxx changes only uid. //--------- if ( nUID != getuid() ) { nUID=getuid(); } //--------- And I suppose it should change gid too. //--------- if ( nUID != getuid() ) { nUID=getuid(); } if ( nGID != getgid() ) { nGID=getgid(); } //--------- -----Steps to reproduce----- 1. Add user to group "root". 2. Remove ~/.config/libreoffice/ 3. Start any LibreOffice application. -----Expected result----- All files in ~/.config/libreoffice/ should be owned by "myuser:myusergroup". -----Actual result----- Some files are owned by "myuser:root". I'm sorry if my English is hard to understand. Please ask if you would like me to explain something again.
Thank you for this detailed report! Stephan: I don't know this part but rem's comment about the quick fix proposed sounds right, any thoughts?
Stephan Bergmann committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=f12e8ff594f177f22ffb3d1849bf768ab08023bf fdo#83529: Only preserve metadata of moved, not copied files It will be available in 4.4.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
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