Try priviledge escalation

common_config/__init__.py

-__version__ = '0.1.8'
+__version__ = '0.1.9'
 from common_config.common import *
\ No newline at end of file

common_config/common.py

@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ def create_config():
         config_path.write_text(DEFAULT_CONFIG)
     except PermissionError as e:
         python_path = f"{sys.prefix}/bin/python3"
-        script_path = f"{__file__}"
+        script_path = f"{os.path.basename(__main__.__file__)}"
         print()
         print(f"Error: Didn't have the permissions to write the file to {config_path}", file=sys.stderr)
         print(f"       Directory \"{selection['path']}\" belongs to user {selection['path'].owner()} (was running as user {getpass.getuser()})", file=sys.stderr)

pyproject.toml

 [tool.poetry]
 name = "common-config"
-version = "0.1.8"
+version = "0.1.9"
 description = "A config library for eigenservice"
 authors = ["David Huss <dh@atoav.com>"]