Fix: Change ownership of /app to user in Dockerfile

Dockerfile

@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@
 # Use a base image with Python installed. Python 3.10 is fine.
 FROM python:3.10-slim-buster
 
-# Set the working directory inside the container
+# Set the working directory inside the container (created as root)
 WORKDIR /app
 
 # Install system dependencies needed for pdf2image (Poppler) and pytesseract (Tesseract)
 # These RUN commands need to be executed as root.
-# Added Arabic and French Tesseract language packs as per your request.
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     libpoppler-dev \
     tesseract-ocr \
@@ -16,22 +15,26 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     tesseract-ocr-tur \
     tesseract-ocr-ara \
     tesseract-ocr-fra \
-    # Add other languages if needed
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# Now, create the user and switch to it for non-root operations.
-# All subsequent commands (COPY, RUN for pip, CMD) will be executed as 'user'.
+# Create the user
 RUN useradd -m -u 1000 user
+
+# IMPORTANT: Change ownership of the /app directory to the new 'user'
+# This allows the 'user' to write files and create subdirectories within /app.
+RUN chown -R user:user /app
+
+# Switch to the non-root user. All subsequent commands (COPY, RUN for pip, CMD) will be executed as 'user'.
 USER user
 
 # Set the Hugging Face cache directory to a path where the 'user' has write permissions.
 ENV HF_HOME=/app/huggingface_cache
 
-# Create the cache directory and ensure the 'user' owns it
-RUN mkdir -p $HF_HOME && chown user:user $HF_HOME
+# Create the cache directory (now /app is owned by 'user', so this should work)
+# The chown user:user $HF_HOME is technically redundant if /app is owned by user, but harmless.
+RUN mkdir -p $HF_HOME # Removed chown here, as its handled by /app ownership.
 
 # Copy requirements.txt and install Python dependencies
-# Ensure the user has ownership of copied files.
 COPY --chown=user:user requirements.txt .
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
@@ -40,7 +43,6 @@ RUN rm -rf "${HF_HOME}/hub/tmp"
 RUN find "${HF_HOME}/hub/models--" -name "*.lock" -type f -delete || true
 
 # Copy the rest of your application code
-# Ensure the user has ownership of copied files.
 COPY --chown=user:user . /app
 
 # Set environment variables for Tesseract and potentially for Python's sqlite3 module