diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e0d74ee717..4019ce1762 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2003-07-01  David Hampton  <hampton@employees.org>
 
+	* src/backend/file/gnc-backend-file.c: New data file should have
+	same uid/gidas original file. #105662
+
 	* src/app-utils/gnc-ui-util.[ch]:
 	* src/app-utils/gw-app-utils-spec.scm:
 	* src/engine/gnc-commodity.[ch]:
diff --git a/src/backend/file/gnc-backend-file.c b/src/backend/file/gnc-backend-file.c
index 659329c320..518a0b631a 100644
--- a/src/backend/file/gnc-backend-file.c
+++ b/src/backend/file/gnc-backend-file.c
@@ -680,6 +680,14 @@ gnc_file_be_write_to_file(FileBackend *be, gboolean make_backup)
                 g_free(tmp_name);
                 return FALSE;
             }
+            if(chown(tmp_name, statbuf.st_uid, statbuf.st_gid) != 0)
+            {
+                PWARN("unable to chown filename %s: %s",
+                        datafile ? datafile : "(null)", 
+                        strerror(errno) ? strerror(errno) : ""); 
+                g_free(tmp_name);
+                return FALSE;
+            }
         }
         if(unlink(datafile) != 0 && errno != ENOENT)
         {