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Public bug reported:

The ~/.gimp-2.8 directory and everything inside it is owned by user
root, group root. As a consequence the ordinary user does not have the
adequate access rights to the personal Gimp files.

Gimp shows the following messages during start:
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Failed to open file '/home/vbrozik/.gimp-2.8/controllerrc': open() failed: Permission denied

Unable to open a test swap file.

To avoid data loss, please check the location and permissions of the swap directory defined in your Preferences (currently "/home/vbrozik/.gimp-2.8").
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The system was installed as Xubuntu 13.10

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: gimp 2.8.6-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Oct 31 22:36:56 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gimp-2.8
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-28 (32 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha i386 (20130902.1)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: gimp
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: gimp (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 saucy

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  ~/.gimp-2.8 directory and everything inside is owned by root

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