[SOLVED] Permissions are messed up

Somehow, someway, my user permissions are messed up. My home directory somehow defaults to /etc/wmii-3.5, but I still have access to /home/nathan. However, I do not have full access to /home/nathan. This often results in apps complaining about not being able to save. How do I fix this?
Last edited by nathangrubb (2008-07-19 18:04:03)

Seems fine to me. I'll post it here
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/bin/false
daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin:/bin/false
mail:x:8:12:mail:/var/spool/mail:/bin/false
ftp:x:14:11:ftp:/home/ftp:/bin/false
nobody:x:99:99:nobody:/:/bin/false
nathan:x:1000:100:Nathan Grubb,,,,Main user account:/home/nathan:/bin/bash
hal:x:82:82:HAL daemon:/:/bin/false
avahi:x:84:84:Avahi daemon:/:/bin/false
http:x:33:33::/srv/http:/bin/false

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