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diff --git a/doc/bugs/CGI_problem_with_some_webservers.mdwn b/doc/bugs/CGI_problem_with_some_webservers.mdwn index 3f80bbbd6..e4b0fd448 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/CGI_problem_with_some_webservers.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/CGI_problem_with_some_webservers.mdwn @@ -70,36 +70,39 @@ Marking [[done]] since it's not really an ikiwiki bug. --[[Joey]] ---- -I'm getting some odd behaviour with boa. When I edit a page and click "Save -Page", the URL I get taken to produces a 403 - Forbidden error until I recompile -the wiki. For example, after editing the root page of the wiki it brings me back to -`http://localhost/~pdw/iki/?updated`, and I see a 403 error message. Then, if -I open up a terminal and type `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and then go back -to the browser and hit Ctrl-R, the page displays correctly, with the same URL -that gave an error a moment ago. This is with boa 0.94.14rc21-3 and Firefox -3.0.11 on Ubuntu 9.04. I get the feeling I'm doing something wrong somewhere; -any suggestions where to start looking? This is a very basic setup, so feel -free to ask. --Paul - -Tried setting up a git repository back-end for the wiki, in case the `post-update` -hook caused the right updates to happen; it didn't. (But I do now have my wiki -in git!) - -Turns out that `.../destdir/index.html` was being recreated after a web edit, or -at least having its permissions modified, and being left without world-read -permissions. Boa was then rightly refusing to serve the page. Adding the -`umask 022` config option to `ikiwiki.setup` fixed everything, and all -appears to be working fine now. --Paul. +I'm using boa and getting some odd behaviour if I don't set the `umask` +option in the config file. Editing a page through the web interface and +hitting "Save Page" regenerates the `index.html` file with no world-read +permissions. As a result, the server serves a "403 - Forbidden" error page +instead of the page I was expecting to return to. + +There are only two ways I found to work around this: adding a `umask 022` +option to the config file, or re-compiling the wiki from the command line +using `ikiwiki --setup`. Setting up a git back-end and re-running `ikiwiki +--setup` from inside a hook had no effect; it needed to be at the terminal. +--Paul > Since others seem to have gotten ikiwiki working with boa, > I'm guessing that this is not a generic problem with boa, but that > your boa was started from a shell that had an unusual umask and inherited > that. --[[Joey]] -(I'm new to wiki etiquette - would it be more polite to leave these details on the -wiki, or to remove them and only leave a short summary? Thanks. --Paul) +>> That's right; once I'd worked out what was wrong, it was clear that any +>> webserver should have been refusing to serve the page. I agree about the +>> inherited umask; I hadn't expected that. Even if it's unusual, though, it +>> probably won't be uncommon - this was a stock Ubuntu 9.04 install. --Paul + +(I'm new to wiki etiquette - would it be more polite to leave these details +on the wiki, or to remove them and only leave a short summary? Thanks. +--Paul) > Well, I just try to keep things understandable and clear, whether than > means deleting bad old data or not. That said, this page is a bug report, > that was already closed. It's generally better to open a new bug report > rather than edit an old closed one. --[[Joey]] + +>> Thanks for the feedback, I've tidied up my comment accordingly. I see +>> your point about the bug; sorry for cluttering the page up. I doubt it's +>> worth opening a new page at this stage, but will do so if there's a next +>> time. The solution seems worth leaving, though, in case anyone else in my +>> situation picks it up. --Paul |