>>>>>>>>>> Thanks! But I have another situation: a multiuser system and a few
>>>>>>>>>> ikiwiki commiters. --Pawel
+
+>>>>>>>>>>> Joey, I think I've just fixed the permission, but my ikiwiki still
+>>>>>>>>>>> doesn't update my `.ikiwiki/index` file. Could you please explain me
+>>>>>>>>>>> when ikiwiki calls `saveindex()` subroutine? My ikiwiki doesn't do it
+>>>>>>>>>>> when I create a new page and save it or when I update and save
+>>>>>>>>>>> a existing page. It does it only when I run
+>>>>>>>>>>> `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup` and I'm desperated...
+
+>>>>>>>>>>> BTW, where should I store my `ikiwiki.setup` file? It must be placed
+>>>>>>>>>>> under `$srcdir/.ikiwiki/` directory or it doesn't matter?
+>>>>>>>>>>> Does `ikiwiki.cgi` wrapper know where the `ikiwiki.setup` file
+>>>>>>>>>>> is stored? --Pawel
+
+Sorry I am not indenting for my reply (in my browser the responses are very narrow.)
+
+I also had problem with no webpages getting generated via the CGI unless I ran ikiwiki to regen manually.
+I can't find the discussion here about in the ikiwiki website though. I think it was removed and now I can't find it in the history.
+My problem was caused by not having a revision system defined, so it defaulted to subversion (but I didn't have that installed).
+
+> Note that that confusing default to svn has been changed.. And you're
+> right about how the setup file is used below, BTW. --[[Joey]]
+
+As for your .setup file you can put it anywhere. I don't think the CGI knows where it is at because its settings are set in the "wrapper".
+In my case, my setup file is in a different home and owned by a different user than the CGI or my generated website. By the way, I also don't keep my .ikiwiki private directory in my source directory by setting wikistatedir (which doesn't seem to be documented).
+
+--[[JeremyReed]]
+
+> Never mind about indentation, Jeremy! :) Thanks a lot you're interested in
+> my problem and you try to help me.
+
+> I use RCS backend and store my ikiwiki sources in SVN repo. Here is my SVN
+> related settings:
+>
+> rcs => "svn",
+> svnrepo => "/var/lib/svn/ikiwiki",
+> svnpath => "trunk/pages",
+>
+> I've noticed the following piece of code in `/usr/share/perl5/IkiWiki/CGI.pm`
+> file (`cgi_editpage()` subroutine):
+>
+> # save page
+> page_locked($page, $session);
+>
+> my $content=$form->field('editcontent');
+>
+> $content=~s/\r\n/\n/g;
+> $content=~s/\r/\n/g;
+> writefile($file, $config{srcdir}, $content);
+>
+> if ($config{rcs}) {
+> # Here is RCS stuff
+> # ...
+> }
+> else {
+> require IkiWiki::Render;
+> refresh();
+> saveindex();
+> }
+>
+> # The trailing question mark tries to avoid broken
+> # caches and get the most recent version of the page.
+> redirect($q, "$config{url}/".htmlpage($page)."?updated");
+>
+> As you can see ikiwiki calls `saveindex()` subroutine if `rcs` variable
+> is not defined. I don't understand it, because in this way ikiwiki
+> doesn't update my `.ikiwiki/index` file. Joey, could you please
+> enlight me here ;)
+>
+> BTW, I also noticed `wikistatedir` variable in the ikiwiki code
+> and I couldn't find any information about it in ikiwiki docs :) --Pawel
+
+>> wikistatedir is a non-configurable internal value.
+>>
+>> What happens during an edit with the code you quoted is that the "rcs
+>> stuff" results in a commit of the page to svn. This results in the
+>> ikiwiki svn post-commit hook running. The post-commit hook updates the
+>> wiki, and calls saveindex. That's why it's not called in the RCS path in
+>> the code above.
+>>
+>> It sounds like your post-commit hook is still not set up, or is failing
+>> for some reason (permissions perhaps?) --[[Joey]]