$ ls -ld /run/user/1001/dconf/ drwx------ 2 mike mike 60 Oct 20 10:43 /run/user/1001/dconf/
$ ls -l /run/user/1001/dconf/ -rw------- 1 mike mike 2 Oct 20 10:46 user
Which is all correct. Everything else on my desktop (including other things that use dconf) work correctly.
$ ls -ld /run/user/ 1001/dconf/ 1001/dconf/
drwx------ 2 mike mike 60 Oct 20 10:43 /run/user/
$ ls -l /run/user/ 1001/dconf/
-rw------- 1 mike mike 2 Oct 20 10:46 user
Which is all correct. Everything else on my desktop (including other things that use dconf) work correctly.