I've configured arch as root user, this gives problems as normal user

Hi!
I've installed arch and openbox on my computer. Since "startx" only would start if I was in root
I've been configuring the whole system as root user. When I now try to start "startx" as normal
user it works and openbox starts up too... the problem is that all my configurations disappear.
Openbox, bmpanel, nitrogen etc. goes back to default settings. I guess it has something to do with
the rights my normal user has, but since I'm still kinda noob I really don't know what to do.
Anyone know what the problem might be?
Thanks!

Now it seems the user rights on my computer are kinda... wrong. Since I've set up most of my system from root user
the user rights for my normal user are a bit off. All files in ~/ I have full access to, but other files can't even be
accessed using sudo. (I get something like "$USER don't have access to this file as root)
In ubuntu this was set up from the get go so I guess there's a kind of default user rights scheme that I can use as a
starting point and then configure it for my own use?? What files and folders should my user normally have access to,
what files and folders when using sudo, and what files and folders shouldn't $USER have access to at all?
Thanks.

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