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I have keybase running on my Linux Desktop (Ubuntu 19.04). Since a recent update, the file ~/.config/keybase/gui_config.json is owned by root which is quite irritating. One negative effect of this is that I cannot add the file to my backup. All the file contains is 

{
    "gui": true
}

Does anyone know if there is a valid reason for this? Is this a bug and I can simply chown this? I don't want to mess up my keybase.

schroeder
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  • If that's all the gui_config.json holds, does it really need to be backed up? – Jeroen Aug 15 '19 at 07:37
  • I backup my whole `.config` and it feels stupid to exclude that one file. Also I have no idea whether the nice people from the keybase project will put more into that file in the future. So yes, I'd like to have it in my backup. – Christoph Grimmer-Dietrich Aug 15 '19 at 07:42
  • And also the question remains: Why is a file in my personal config folder owned by root? – Christoph Grimmer-Dietrich Aug 15 '19 at 07:43
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    Create a support ticket or perhaps they have a forum where this question can be asked. Or change the ownership permissions yourself (if possible). It doesn't make sense that files located ~/.config are owned by root (perhaps an installation bug) – Jeroen Aug 15 '19 at 07:47

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