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Question #77457 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/77457

actionparsnip requested for more information:
Gotcha, well all the files outside of your home are ownwed by root

here is the ownerships of /etc

total 1340
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root     4096 2009-05-07 00:50 acpi
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     2986 2008-10-29 21:42 adduser.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       64 2009-04-12 15:07 aliases
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    12288 2009-06-10 17:23 aliases.db
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     4096 2009-03-30 17:12 alsa
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    12288 2009-07-18 14:50 alternatives
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      395 2008-09-03 00:38 anacrontab
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     4096 2009-06-13 12:15 apache2
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root     4096 2008-10-29 21:47 apm
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-04-08 18:03 apparmor
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root     4096 2009-07-15 09:09 apparmor.d
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root     4096 2009-06-27 13:29 apport
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root     4096 2009-07-14 13:16 apt
-rw-r----- 1 root daemon    144 2008-07-10 16:02 at.deny
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-04-06 21:21 autoconf2.13
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     4096 2009-03-30 18:07 avahi
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     1733 2008-05-12 19:49 bash.bashrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   226839 2009-02-05 08:02 bash_completion
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-07-14 13:19 bash_completion.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      332 2008-09-29 10:20 bindresvport.blacklist
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      348 2009-07-02 07:46 blkid.tab
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      348 2009-07-02 07:45 blkid.tab.old
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-06-19 08:22 bluetooth
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-05-02 12:14 bonobo-activation
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     4096 2008-10-29 21:41 ca-certificates
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     6282 2009-03-30 17:10 ca-certificates.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     6256 2009-03-30 14:37 ca-certificates.conf.dpkg-old
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-03-30 17:20 calendar
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root     4096 2009-06-27 21:45 clamav
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root     4096 2008-10-29 21:46 ConsoleKit
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-04-09 06:06 console-setup
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-06-17 23:20 cron.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-06-27 13:30 cron.daily
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-06-02 18:34 cron.hourly
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-06-10 11:17 cron.monthly
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      724 2008-09-09 20:52 crontab
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-06-02 18:34 cron.weekly
drwxr-xr-x 4 root lp       4096 2009-06-29 13:43 cups
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root     4096 2009-07-14 08:16 dbus-1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     2969 2008-10-10 11:32 debconf.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root        4 2008-12-04 09:01 debian_version
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-07-17 07:41 default
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root     4096 2009-06-18 21:01 defoma
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      600 2008-06-26 09:33 deluser.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-03-30 17:09 depmod.d
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root     4096 2009-07-15 09:09 dhcp3
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-05-09 16:00 dictionaries-common
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     4096 2009-03-30 18:03 dkms
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-04-03 09:28 dm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    20139 2009-04-05 23:01 dnsmasq.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-02-14 01:03 dnsmasq.d
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     4096 2009-03-31 09:54 doc-base
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     4096 2009-06-22 01:45 dpkg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       34 2008-02-19 04:33 e2fsck.conf
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     4096 2008-10-29 21:44 emacs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       79 2008-10-29 21:41 environment
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-03-30 18:03 esound
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-05-18 21:54 event.d
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root     4096 2009-07-16 01:52 firefox-3.0
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root     4096 2009-07-16 01:52 firefox-3.5
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root     4096 2009-03-30 17:10 fonts
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     4096 2008-10-29 21:53 foomatic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      603 2009-06-23 19:58 fstab
-rw------- 1 root root      603 2009-04-06 02:03 fstab.save
-rw-r----- 1 root fuse      216 2008-09-25 17:06 fuse.conf
drwx------ 2 root root     4096 2009-06-03 17:53 gadmin-proftpd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     2689 2008-03-26 17:44 gai.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-04-24 15:23 gamin
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root     4096 2009-06-18 22:36 gconf
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root     4096 2009-06-16 15:19 gdm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      588 2008-07-04 09:10 GeoIP.conf.default
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     4096 2009-05-05 00:00 ggi
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     4096 2009-06-27 13:29 gnome
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-07-15 14:21 gnome-app-install
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     4096 2009-05-02 12:14 gnome-vfs-2.0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    10852 2007-04-28 03:27 gnome-vfs-mime-magic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-07-18 14:50 gre.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-03-30 17:20 groff
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      950 2009-06-30 00:05 group
-rw------- 1 root root      967 2009-06-27 21:45 group-
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-03-30 17:20 grub.d
-rw-r----- 1 root shadow    786 2009-06-30 00:05 gshadow
-rw------- 1 root root      800 2009-06-27 21:45 gshadow-
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-04-17 10:28 gtk-2.0
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     4096 2008-10-29 21:47 hal
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     4818 2009-04-22 15:12 hdparm.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      426 2009-04-24 01:00 hesiod.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       92 2008-08-08 18:53 host.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       11 2009-03-30 14:00 hostname
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      280 2009-06-30 10:10 hosts
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      579 2008-10-29 21:52 hosts.allow
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      878 2008-10-29 21:52 hosts.deny
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      211 2009-06-29 13:43 inetd.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-07-17 07:41 init.d
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root     4096 2009-04-17 10:27 initramfs-tools
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     1723 2007-10-02 15:35 inputrc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-03-30 17:20 iproute2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       19 2009-04-13 10:33 issue
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       12 2009-04-13 10:33 issue.net
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root     4096 2009-07-14 13:21 java-6-openjdk
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-05-07 01:11 kbd
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-06-13 11:13 kde3
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root     4096 2009-03-30 15:41 kernel
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      167 2009-03-30 14:04 kernel-img.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-03-30 17:11 ldap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    90537 2009-07-18 14:50 ld.so.cache
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       34 2008-10-29 21:40 ld.so.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-04-09 10:45 ld.so.conf.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     3587 2009-02-14 01:22 lftp.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       20 2008-05-03 02:29 libao.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2008-06-19 14:12 libpaper.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     2570 2009-02-13 11:28 locale.alias
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     3661 2009-06-19 15:17 localtime
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root     4096 2009-06-27 21:45 logcheck
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    10881 2009-03-17 13:56 login.defs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      599 2008-10-09 08:12 logrotate.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-06-29 13:43 logrotate.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2008-09-16 13:53 lsb-base
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     3820 2009-02-07 23:33 lsb-base-logging.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       97 2009-04-13 10:25 lsb-release
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    15752 2008-12-10 17:43 ltrace.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      111 2008-07-11 11:24 magic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      111 2008-07-11 11:24 magic.mime
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    24426 2009-07-18 14:50 mailcap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      449 2008-06-19 13:50 mailcap.order
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       10 2009-04-23 15:44 mailname
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     5170 2009-03-19 10:18 manpath.config
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-06-16 15:43 menu
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-06-16 15:43 menu-methods
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    21373 2008-06-19 13:50 mime.types
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      803 2008-10-13 14:13 mke2fs.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-05-07 00:14 modprobe.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      208 2009-06-28 13:12 modules
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       13 2009-03-30 13:50 motd -> /var/run/motd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      346 2008-10-29 21:41 motd.tail
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-05-05 00:00 mplayer
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      766 2009-07-18 15:28 mtab
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     4096 2009-07-14 13:19 mysql
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     7670 2009-03-30 11:27 nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     2064 2006-11-23 19:33 netscsid.conf
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root     4096 2008-10-29 21:41 network
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       91 2008-08-08 18:53 networks
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      513 2008-10-29 21:55 nsswitch.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-06-18 21:23 obex-data-server
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-05-05 00:00 openal
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-07-14 13:19 openoffice
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2008-10-29 21:40 opt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      552 2008-10-16 05:32 pam.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-06-29 13:43 pam.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2008-10-29 21:54 pango
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root        3 2009-03-30 14:02 papersize
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     1855 2009-06-27 21:45 passwd
-rw------- 1 root root     1810 2009-06-16 14:13 passwd-
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2008-10-29 21:52 pcmcia
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root     4096 2008-10-29 21:54 perl
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root     4096 2008-10-29 21:47 pm
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-03-30 18:06 PolicyKit
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root     4096 2009-06-27 21:45 ppp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       22 2009-06-29 13:43 printcap -> /var/run/cups/printcap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      497 2009-04-13 17:07 profile
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-06-18 18:49 profile.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     2626 2008-06-23 16:12 protocols
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-07-17 07:41 pulse
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-07-02 12:26 purple
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2008-10-29 21:42 python
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-04-05 21:09 python2.5
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-04-19 12:21 python2.6
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-05-23 21:15 qt3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     1018 2008-12-15 18:32 rarfiles.lst
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-06-30 00:05 rc0.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-07-02 16:51 rc1.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-07-02 16:51 rc2.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-07-02 16:51 rc3.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-07-02 16:51 rc4.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-07-02 16:51 rc5.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-06-30 00:05 rc6.d
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root      306 2009-04-15 17:15 rc.local
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-06-28 13:12 rcS.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-04-21 08:16 readahead
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      373 2008-06-23 18:02 rearj.cfg
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root     4096 2009-04-06 01:07 resolvconf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       72 2009-04-06 01:00 resolv.conf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root      268 2008-05-03 10:14 rmt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      887 2008-06-23 16:12 rpc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-03-30 18:03 samba
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     4096 2009-03-30 18:04 sane.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     3663 2008-06-13 11:24 screenrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       23 2008-07-01 13:14 scrollkeeper.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      666 2009-03-27 08:40 scsi_id.config
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     1347 2009-03-17 13:56 securetty
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-03-30 17:02 security
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    18480 2009-03-05 15:06 services
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     4096 2009-06-18 22:38 sgml
-rw-r----- 1 root shadow   1124 2009-06-27 21:45 shadow
-rw------- 1 root root     1124 2009-06-27 21:45 shadow-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      181 2009-03-30 18:03 shells
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-05-23 17:25 skel
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     4096 2009-05-02 12:14 sound
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-03-30 18:19 ssh
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root     4096 2009-06-25 20:21 ssl
-r--r----- 1 root root      557 2009-03-30 13:59 sudoers
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       19 2008-11-17 15:16 su-to-rootrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     2732 2009-04-15 09:42 sysctl.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-07-18 14:50 sysctl.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-03-30 17:08 terminfo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root       14 2009-06-19 15:17 timezone
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-06-09 23:04 transmission-daemon
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      645 2008-02-08 16:36 ts.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     1260 2008-05-30 07:22 ucf.conf
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     4096 2009-07-15 14:21 udev
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     4096 2009-04-03 18:31 ufw
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root     4096 2009-05-06 23:58 update-motd.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-03-27 08:42 update-notifier
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-05-05 00:00 vga
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     4096 2009-07-14 10:17 vlc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     4221 2008-07-25 08:40 wgetrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     1343 2007-01-09 18:39 wodim.conf
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root     4096 2009-06-29 02:18 X11
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root     4096 2009-05-07 00:47 xdg
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-05-02 12:14 xml
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-06-13 10:30 xulrunner-1.9
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 2009-07-18 14:50 xulrunner-1.9.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      461 2008-04-03 20:33 zsh_command_not_found


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