logging_handler.py: Fix file permissions when root

resources/logging_handler.py

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import logging
 import sys
 import threading
+import os
+import subprocess
 from pathlib import Path
 
 
@@ -19,6 +21,9 @@ class InitializeLoggingSupport:
     >>> from resources.logging_handler import InitializeLoggingSupport
     >>> InitializeLoggingSupport()
 
+    FOR DEVELOPERS:
+    - Do not invoke logging until after '_attempt_initialize_logging_configuration()' has been invoked
+
     """
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
@@ -35,6 +40,7 @@ class InitializeLoggingSupport:
         self._clean_log_file()
         self._attempt_initialize_logging_configuration()
         self._implement_custom_traceback_handler()
+        self._fix_file_permission()
 
 
     def __del__(self):
@@ -81,6 +87,24 @@ class InitializeLoggingSupport:
             print(f"- Failed to clean log file: {e}")
 
 
+    def _fix_file_permission(self):
+        """
+        Fixes file permission for log file
+
+        If OCLP was invoked as root, file permission will only allow root to write to log file
+        This in turn breaks normal OCLP execution to write to log file
+        """
+
+        if os.geteuid() != 0:
+            return
+
+        result = subprocess.run(["chmod", "777", self.log_filepath], capture_output=True)
+        if result.returncode != 0:
+            print(f"- Failed to fix log file permissions")
+            if result.stderr:
+                print(result.stderr.decode("utf-8"))
+
+
     def _initialize_logging_configuration(self, log_to_file: bool = True):
         """
         Initialize logging framework configuration