Confirming this bug: Created a file on the server as user1, then opened the file via nautilus/ssh and gedit as user2. After saving the file, the file belonged to user2. In this scenario, the group was not changed - but when I used root as user2 (like the OP) both user and group were changed to root.
** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Owner changed after saving file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/199167 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs