I gather from the [[security]] page that having the executable bit set on files is considered a security hole, but how big a hole would it be if I'm the only one editing the site? Is there a way, a somewhat safe way, of implementing XBitHack for IkiWiki?
-- [[KathrynAndersen]]
+
+> The risk with execute bits on files in the generated site is that someone
+> commits an executable, ikiwiki copies it as-is, and now the web browser
+> can be used to run it. Obviously if you're the only committer, that is
+> not much of a risk. Or you can lock down apache to not allow running
+> arbitrary files. It's also pretty unlikely that a rendered mdwn file
+> would result in a html page that can be run as an executable. So an
+> option that makes all files rendered from mdwn or other markups
+> get the x bit set would be pretty safe even with untrusted editors. --[[Joey]]
+
+>> So how about this: if something has a page-type (i.e. mdwn or whatever authorized page types there are)
+>> then add something at the end of the process (would that be the "changes" hook?)
+>> which sets the x bit on the generated page file. Would that work?
+
+>> Or is there a way to say "tell me all the generated files that end in .html" and use that as a list to start from?
+
+>> --[[KathrynAndersen]]
+
+>>> Yes, the `change` hook is passed the names of source files that got
+>>> built. Use `pagetype` to check which got htmlized (and filter out ones
+>>> that got copied), and then use `htmlpage` to get the name of the html
+>>> file that was generated, and chmod it. --[[Joey]]