Fix for wrong path for settings json files (#258)

Co-authored-by: AAGaming <aa@mail.catvibers.me>

backend/helpers.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import grp
+import pwd
 import re
 import ssl
 import subprocess
@@ -56,6 +58,14 @@ def get_user() -> str:
         raise ValueError("helpers.get_user method called before user variable was set. Run helpers.set_user first.")
     return user
 
+#Get the user owner of the given file path.
+def get_user_owner(file_path) -> str:
+    return pwd.getpwuid(os.stat(file_path).st_uid)[0]
+
+#Get the user group of the given file path.
+def get_user_group(file_path) -> str:
+    return grp.getgrgid(os.stat(file_path).st_gid)[0]
+
 # Set the global user group. get_user must be called first
 def set_user_group() -> str:
     global group

backend/settings.py

@@ -1,20 +1,36 @@
-import imp
 from json import dump, load
-from os import mkdir, path
+from os import mkdir, path, listdir, rename
+from shutil import chown
 
-from helpers import get_home_path, get_homebrew_path, get_user, set_user
+from helpers import get_home_path, get_homebrew_path, get_user, set_user, get_user_owner
 
 
 class SettingsManager:
     def __init__(self, name, settings_directory = None) -> None:
         set_user()
         USER = get_user()
+        wrong_dir = get_homebrew_path(get_home_path(USER))
         if settings_directory == None:
-            settings_directory = get_homebrew_path(get_home_path(USER))
+            settings_directory = path.join(wrong_dir, "settings")
+
         self.path = path.join(settings_directory, name + ".json")
 
+        #Create the folder with the correct permission
         if not path.exists(settings_directory):
             mkdir(settings_directory)
+            chown(settings_directory, USER, USER)
+
+        #Copy all old settings file in the root directory to the correct folder
+        for file in listdir(wrong_dir):
+            if file.endswith(".json"):
+                rename(path.join(wrong_dir,file),
+                       path.join(settings_directory, file)) 
+                self.path = path.join(settings_directory, name + ".json")
+
+
+        #If the owner of the settings directory is not the user, then set it as the user:
+        if get_user_owner(settings_directory) != USER:
+            chown(settings_directory, USER, USER)
 
         self.settings = {}