Comment 4 for bug 1280137

....!? I cannot figure it out immediately.
I have a strange question, but could you create a "dummy" new user, and log in as the new user and see what happens?
I am trying to figure out why the editor has no permission to create (or enter) the directory. The (first) output you sent me is exactly what I get when I change the owner of my ~/.local directory to root (for example)...