Try priviledge escalation

README.md

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import common_config
 from common_config import initialize_config, read_settings, main
 
 # Name of this application, used in directory names, etc
-APPLICATION_NAME = "eigenservice"
+APPLICATION_NAME = "my_application"
 
 # suffix added to the config files (e.g. `00-suffix.toml`)
 SUFFIX = "config"

common_config/__init__.py

-__version__ = '0.1.3'
+__version__ = '0.1.4'
 from common_config.common import *
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common_config/common.py

@@ -389,7 +389,9 @@ def create_config():
         print("Error: Didn't have the permissions to create the config directory at {}".format(selection["path"]), file=sys.stderr)
         print("Hint:  Change the owner of the directory temporarily to {} or run {} config create with more permissions".format(getpass.getuser(), APPLICATION_NAME))
         
-        subprocess.call(['sudo', 'python3', *sys.argv])
+        # Run again with priviledges
+        python_path = f"{sys.prefix}/bin/python3"
+        subprocess.call(['sudo', python_path, *sys.argv])
         sys.exit()
 
     config_path = Path(f"{selection['path']}/00-{SUFFIX}.toml")

examples/config.py

+#!/usr/bin/env python 
+#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import common_config
+from common_config import initialize_config, read_settings, main
+
+# Name of this application, used in directory names, etc
+APPLICATION_NAME = "my_application"
+
+# suffix added to the config files (e.g. `00-suffix.toml`)
+SUFFIX = "config"
+
+# Do not change here, just use an override instead
+DEFAULT_CONFIG = """
+[application]
+loglevel = "info"
+level = 9001
+mood = "very"
+"""
+
+# Override the global variables in the common-config.common module
+common_config.common.APPLICATION_NAME = APPLICATION_NAME
+common_config.common.SUFFIX           = SUFFIX
+common_config.common.DEFAULT_CONFIG   = DEFAULT_CONFIG
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+   main()

pyproject.toml

 [tool.poetry]
 name = "common-config"
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.4"
 description = "A config library for eigenservice"
 authors = ["David Huss <dh@atoav.com>"]