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$ sudo find /home/rick -user root 
/home/rick/.dbus
/home/rick/.dbus/session-bus
/home/rick/.dbus/session-bus/d7b25a27fe064cadb75a2f2f6ca7764e-0
/home/rick/.cache/dconf
/home/rick/.aptitude/config
/home/rick/.sane
/home/rick/.sane/xsane
/home/rick/.sane/xsane/xsane.rc
/home/rick/.packages
/home/rick/.config/gedit
/home/rick/.config/gedit/accels

.sane is the Brother scanner package that had to be installed using sudo so I'm not concerned. gedit I'm not concerned about.

What about dbus stuff and .packages? Should this be an area of concern or does everyone have that when they repeat the search command I used?

WinEunuuchs2Unix
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  • What was the reason for using sudo find? I use find . '!' -user $USER -ls. No sudo. – DK Bose Nov 18 '19 at 12:43
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    @JusticeforMonica It was a long time ago and I was just learning the find command. Actually I still learning it... Using your version I get: find: ‘./.cache/dconf’: Permission denied Which is why I guess I used sudo in the first place... – WinEunuuchs2Unix Nov 18 '19 at 12:44

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No, nothing in your home directory should be owned by root. This happens when you run things with sudo (or gksudo). Better change the ownership (and group) back to yourself. Don't delete them (although that probably wouldn't be a problem).

ubfan1
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  • Yes there is a good write-up on Super User about using sudo: https://superuser.com/questions/495937/should-root-ever-own-files-in-my-linux-home-directory?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=google_rich_qa&utm_campaign=google_rich_qa I was more concerned about the specific file names .dconf, .aptitude, etc. For example apt almost always has to be run with sudo so how did it get there and should it simply be deleted or will it break things, etc. – WinEunuuchs2Unix May 02 '18 at 23:21
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    Try sudo chown -R rick ~/ to change ownership of everything in your home folder back. –  May 02 '18 at 23:25
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    You probably want to change both the owner and the group; adding to matalak's comment, use sudo chown -R rick:rick ~/ – Enterprise Jul 15 '18 at 16:11