oZones server refuses to start if htaccess is not writable

src/ozones/Server/etc/ozones-server.conf

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 :databasetype: sqlite
 #:htaccess: /var/www/.htaccess
-:dbdebug: yes
+:dbdebug: no
 
 #####################
 # Server Configuration

src/ozones/Server/lib/OZones/ApacheWritter.rb

@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ module OZones
     class ApacheWritter 
         def initialize(file_path) 
             @file_path = file_path
+            
+            File.open(@file_path, 'w') {|f| 
+                f.flock(File::LOCK_EX)
+                f.write(htaccess) 
+            }
         end
         
         def update

src/ozones/Server/lib/OZones/ProxyRules.rb

@@ -23,11 +23,16 @@ module OZones
                 @file_path = file_path
             else 
                 if !ENV["ONE_LOCATION"]
-                    @file_path="/usr/lib/one/ozones/htaccess"
+                    @file_path="/var/lib/one/.htaccess"
                 else
-                    @file_path=ENV["ONE_LOCATION"]+"/lib/ozones/htaccess"    
+                    @file_path=ENV["ONE_LOCATION"]+"/var/.htaccess"    
                 end
             end
+            
+            # Let's check for file permissions
+            if !File.writable?(File.dirname(@file_path))
+                raise "#{@file_path} is not writable" 
+            end
         end
         
         def update

src/ozones/Server/ozones-server.rb

@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ end
 ADMIN_NAME = @auth.name
 ADMIN_PASS = @auth.password
 
+begin
+    OZones::ProxyRules.new("apache",config[:htaccess])
+rescue Exception => e
+    warn e.message
+    exit -1  
+end
+
 
 ##############################################################################
 # Sinatra Configuration