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diff --git a/doc/bugs/Anon_edit_caused_lock_out_on_entire_site_.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Anon_edit_caused_lock_out_on_entire_site_.mdwn
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--- a/doc/bugs/Anon_edit_caused_lock_out_on_entire_site_.mdwn
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@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ It seems I can't log out from nowhere. I've rebuild the wiki from the command li
 > with one of a limited set of authorized usernames.
 >
 > --[[smcv]]
+>
+>> If my theory is correct, ikiwiki git master now works around this, and the
+>> [[plugins/httpauth]] documentation now recommends a more correct configuration.
+>> --[[smcv]]
 
 ---
 
@@ -107,5 +111,14 @@ Is there a session file or something to logout this phantom user?
 
 >> I think I've sent right away when you asked, anyway I still have the tarball hanging around. The last *iikb* domains will expire next month though, the wiki will only be accessible by mirror <https://notabug.org/iikb/dev.iikb.org>.
 
->>> I see you have a lot of uncommitted changes. This is probably because
->>> whatever is causing the anonymous accesses to succeed is 
+>>> I see from the tarball that you have a lot of uncommitted changes. This is
+>>> probably because whatever is causing the anonymous accesses to succeed is
+>>> breaking other code paths by giving them an empty username: in particular
+>>> it seems reasonably likely that the `git` plugin will refuse to commit
+>>> changes in that situation.
+>>>
+>>> I would expect that you should be getting error messages on the ikiwiki
+>>> CGI script's `stderr` in this situation. In Apache they would normally
+>>> end up in `error.log`; I don't know how nginx does logging, but it is
+>>> probably something similar. Please check that log for relevant-looking
+>>> error messages. --[[smcv]]