Re: [Evolution] can't change any preference setting

[Ralf Mardorf <silver bullet zoho com>]

On Thu, 15 Jun 2017 21:27:09 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> Changing the ownership to $USER:$USER only works for those systems that
> generate a group for each user. It is not ubiquitous.

True, but it shouldn't cause an issue, if there shouldn't be a group
for each individual user.

The main pitfall still is a wrong dconf policy, resp. GTK-GNOMEish
policy. I should have asked what distro the OP is using and after that
provide the required workarounds, to fix the grotesque well known dconf
issue.