Try priviledge escalation

common_config/__init__.py

-__version__ = '0.1.4'
+__version__ = '0.1.6'
 from common_config.common import *
\ No newline at end of file

common_config/common.py

@@ -385,12 +385,13 @@ def create_config():
     try:
         selection["path"].mkdir(mode=0o755, parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     except PermissionError:
+        python_path = f"{sys.prefix}/bin/python3"
         print()
-        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))
+        print(f"Error: Didn't have the permissions to create the config directory at {selection['path']}", file=sys.stderr)
+        print(f"Hint:  Change the owner of the directory temporarily to {getpass.getuser()} or run {APPLICATION_NAME} config create with more permissions", file=sys.stderr)
+        print(f"Hint:  The python executable used by this script is located at \"{python_path}\"", file=sys.stderr)
         
         # Run again with priviledges
-        python_path = f"{sys.prefix}/bin/python3"
         subprocess.call(['sudo', python_path, *sys.argv])
         sys.exit()
 
@@ -423,12 +424,16 @@ def create_config():
     try:
         config_path.write_text(DEFAULT_CONFIG)
     except PermissionError as e:
+        python_path = f"{sys.prefix}/bin/python3"
         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)
         print()
         print(f"Hint:  Change the owner of the directory temporarily to {getpass.getuser()} or run {APPLICATION_NAME} config create with more permissions")
-        exit()
+        print(f"Hint:  The python executable used by this script is located at \"{python_path}\"", file=sys.stderr)
+        # Run again with priviledges
+        subprocess.call(['sudo', python_path, *sys.argv])
+        sys.exit()
     print(f"Default Config has been written to {config_path}")
 
 

pyproject.toml

 [tool.poetry]
 name = "common-config"
-version = "0.1.4"
+version = "0.1.6"
 description = "A config library for eigenservice"
 authors = ["David Huss <dh@atoav.com>"]