diff --git a/bin/v-rebuild-user b/bin/v-rebuild-user
index eae47f9c..99531375 100755
--- a/bin/v-rebuild-user
+++ b/bin/v-rebuild-user
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ mkdir -p $HOMEDIR/$user/conf
 chmod a+x $HOMEDIR/$user
 chmod a+x $HOMEDIR/$user/conf
 chown $user:$user $HOMEDIR/$user
-chown $user:$user $HOMEDIR/$user/conf
+chown root:root $HOMEDIR/$user/conf
 
 if [ ! -z "$WEB_SYSTEM" ] && [ "$WEB_SYSTEM" != 'no' ]; then
     mkdir -p $HOMEDIR/$user/conf/web