IOError: [Errno 30] Read-only file system: '/usr/share/gufw/cfg_files/gufw_log.txt'

[ross sumera]

gufw_0.20.3-all.deb

/usr is designed only for static files. it is a very bad programming practice to write system log files in /usr directory

log files should reside in /var/log directory.

root@host:/home/user# /usr/bin/gufw
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/gufw/gufw.py", line 86, in <module>
    Gufw = init_gufw(gufw)
  File "/usr/share/gufw/gufw.py", line 72, in init_gufw
    initializations(gufw)
  File "/usr/share/gufw/gufw.py", line 53, in initializations
    refresh_gufw_log(path_gufw_log)
  File "/usr/share/gufw/general_rutines.py", line 235, in refresh_gufw_log
    l_file = open(p_file, "w")
IOError: [Errno 30] Read-only file system: '/usr/share/gufw/cfg_files/gufw_log.txt'

please modify /usr/share/gufw/variables_paths_messages.py

to

# Paths configurations
path_locale_check = sys.path[0] + "/locale-langpack/es/LC_MESSAGES/gufw.mo"
path_locale1 = sys.path[0] + "/locale-langpack"
#path_gufw_log = sys.path[0] + "/cfg_files/gufw_log.txt"

# System paths
path_system_root = "/usr/share/"
path_locale2 = "/usr/share/locale-langpack"
path_ufw_status = "/etc/ufw/ufw.conf"
path_ufw_config = "/etc/default/ufw"
path_ufw_rules_ipv4 = "/var/lib/ufw/user.rules"
path_ufw_rules_ipv6 = "/var/lib/ufw/user6.rules"
path_gufw_log = "/var/log/gufw_log.txt"

better still create a /var/ufw or /var/gufw directory and put all your variable ufw/gufw stuff in there

[costales (costales)]

Hi!
Thanks by the bug.
Can you check the version 0.20.4 alpha, please?
Thanks very much!
https://code.launchpad.net/gui-ufw/main/0.20.0/

[Hew (hew)]

I can confirm that the config files are now in /var/* with gufw 0.20.4_beta.