Why is my .ssh/config file not readable?

I am trying to edit my ssh/config file, but when I type emacs ~/.ssh/config into Terminal, it says that the file is not readable and will not save my edits. When I try to overwrite, it says permission is denied. Why is this happening?

ls -la ~/.ssh/config returns

-rw------- 1 root staff 1141 Jul 17 14:30 /Users/firestarter/.ssh/config

It says permission denied when I try to cat it

Solution 1:

Looks like your config file got copied by somebody else. Log in as an admin user if you ain't one already and run

sudo chown firestarter /Users/firestarter/.ssh /Users/firestarter/.ssh/*
sudo chmod 700 /Users/firestarter/.ssh