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diff --git a/doc/tips/apache_cgi.mdwn b/doc/tips/apache_cgi.mdwn index f10baed2e..3ceb0e182 100644 --- a/doc/tips/apache_cgi.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/apache_cgi.mdwn @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -Many ikiwiki examples name the [[cgi]] "ikiwiki.cgi", and put it somewhere +It's common to name the [[cgi]] "ikiwiki.cgi", and put it somewhere like `~/public_html/ikiwiki.cgi`, or `/var/www/wiki/ikiwiki.cgi`. -If you follow those examples, you may find that when trying to edit a page -in your wiki, you see the raw contents of the ikiwiki.cgi program. Or get a -permission denied problem. +If you do that, you may find that when trying to edit a page in your wiki, +you see the raw contents of the ikiwiki.cgi program. Or get a permission +denied problem. This is because apache is generally not configured to run cgi scripts unless they're in `/usr/lib/cgi-bin/`. While you can put ikiwiki.cgi in |