From c8bf47895781ef244534acbab885c5393befcfcf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: D3vil0p3r <vozaanthony@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:55:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix logs permission

---
 empire/client/client.py | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/empire/client/client.py b/empire/client/client.py
index 2ec29b714..79bcf80db 100644
--- a/empire/client/client.py
+++ b/empire/client/client.py
@@ -467,7 +467,15 @@ def setup_logging(args):
 
     logging_dir = empire_config.yaml["logging"]["directory"]
     log_dir = Path(logging_dir)
-    log_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    try:
+        log_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    except PermissionError:
+        user_home = Path.home()
+        log_dir = user_home / ".empire" / "client" / "downloads" / "logs"
+        log.debug(f"Permission denied to create logs in the directory specified in the configuration file. Logs will be stored in {log_dir}")
+        log_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
     root_log_file = log_dir / "empire_client.log"
 
     root_logger = logging.getLogger()