Hi, as a developer, this bug seems likely to me. The two things causing this are
1. "octave --no-window-system" initializes the ~/.config/octave directory even though the GUI is not starting, 2. Ubuntu's sudo defaults do not set the HOME directory, so root creates files in /home/user/.config instead of /root/.config Using "sudo -H" should work around this, but the octave.postinst file can also be fixed to avoid this issue by running "octave-cli" for example. You might also want to report this upstream to see if Octave developers may want to bypass creating this config file when the GUI is not starting. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1694643 Title: Octave user perferences are owned by root To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/octave/+bug/1694643/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
