/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntustudio/xfce4/xfconf/ is in ubuntustudio-default-settings 0.61.
This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o755.
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/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntustudio/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/
/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntustudio/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/parole.xml
/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntustudio/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/thunar-volman.xml
/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntustudio/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/thunar.xml
/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntustudio/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-desktop.xml
/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntustudio/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml
/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntustudio/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-notifyd.xml
/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntustudio/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-power-manager.xml
/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntustudio/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml
/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntustudio/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfprint.xml
/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntustudio/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfwm4.xml
/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntustudio/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xsettings.xml