if not os.path.isdir(path):

            path_ok = False

            log.error('Given path %s is not a valid directory', path)

        elif not os.path.isabs(path):

            path_ok = False

            log.error('Given path %s is not an absolute path', path)

        # check if path is at least readable.

        if not os.access(path, os.R_OK):

            path_ok = False

            log.error('Given path %s is not readable', path)

        # check write access, warn user about non writeable paths

        elif not os.access(path, os.W_OK) and path_ok:

            log.warning('No write permission to given path %s', path)

            if not ask_ok('Given path %s is not writeable, do you want to '

                          'continue with read only mode ? [y/n]' % (path,)):

                log.error('Canceled by user')

                sys.exit(-1)

        if retries == 0:

            sys.exit('max retries reached')

        if not path_ok:

            retries -= 1

        real_path = os.path.normpath(os.path.realpath(path))

        if real_path != os.path.normpath(path):

            log.warning('Using normalized path %s instead of %s', real_path, path)

        return real_path

    def create_settings(self, path):

        self.create_ui_settings(path)

        ui_config = [

            ('web', 'push_ssl', 'false'),

            ('web', 'allow_archive', 'gz zip bz2'),

            ('web', 'allow_push', '*'),

            ('web', 'baseurl', '/'),

            ('paths', '/', path),

            #('phases', 'publish', 'false')

        ]

        for section, key, value in ui_config:

            ui_conf = Ui()

            setattr(ui_conf, 'ui_section', section)

            setattr(ui_conf, 'ui_key', key)