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I've setup btsync on my pc and in order for it to access the folder I wanted to sync I had to set it's owner and group to btsync. I did so by running sudo chown -R btsync:btsync ~/sync. Or at least, I attempted that but I typo'd it an accidentally set ~'s group and owner to btsync.

I tried to fix it by running sudo chown -R paul:paul ~ to fix the mess I made, but I keep seeing files group getting changed randomly to btsync. For example:

~$ ll | grep btsync
-rw-r--r--  1 paul   btsync      25 Feb 17 20:39 .dmrc
drwxrwxrwx  7 btsync btsync    4096 Feb 17 20:21 sync/
-rw-------  1 paul   btsync     711 Feb 17 20:39 .xsession-errors

The sync folder is supposed to be btsync:btsync, but the others keep reverting. Additionally when I install programs through the software-center that install to my home directory. They appear to be installing with the :btsync group, where they should be :paul. (For example when I install vidalia.)

Can anyone help me fix whatever this issue is? Thanks to all in advance.

UPDATE: I don't know if this is necessary information, but I'm runing ubuntu 13.10 64 bit.

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Barring anything else unforeseen at this time, I believe I solved my issue. I installed gnome-system-tools and found out that I accidentally changed my user's default group to :btsync. By using gnome-system-tools I was able to revert my mistake and change my default group back to :paul.

See this thread for more usage

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