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@@ -3,3 +3,31 @@ Hey, trying to get ikiwiki working on my account on a shared webserver. Actually
 My first thought was that this is a Perl CGI and I would need to change the shebang to point to the unusual location of Perl on this server, it's at /usr/pkg/bin/perl. But when I looked at ikiwiki.cgi I found it was a binary file.
 
 Why is it a binary? And what can I do about this error?
+
+> It's a binary because it's SUID, so that it has permission to write to the ikiwiki repository. See [[security]], under 'suid wrappers', for more on that.
+> 
+> As to why you get 'premature end of script headers', that suggests there is a problem running
+> the script (and there is output occurring before the HTTP headers are printed). Do you have access
+> to the webserver logs for your host? They might contain some clues. Are you sure that the webserver
+> is setup for CGI properly? -- [[Jon]]
+
+> Quite likely your laptop and your server do not run the same
+> OS, so the wrapper binary cannot just be copied from one
+> to the other and run. Also, the wrapper is just that, a
+> thin wrapper which then runs ikiwiki. As ikiwiki is not
+> yet installed on your server, that's another reason what
+> you're trying can't work.
+> 
+> If installing ikiwiki on the server is not possible or
+> too much work right now, you could try building your wiki
+> on your laptop with cgi disabled in the setup file. 
+> The result would be a static website that you could deploy to
+> the server this way. Of course, it wouldn't be editable
+> on the server, and other features that need the CGI would
+> also be disabled. --[[Joey]]
+
+> > Ah, ok thanks. Yes the server runs a different OS and ikiwiki
+> > is not installed on it. I've got it working as a static site,
+> > so if I want the CGI I'll have to install ikiwiki on the server.
+> > Ok. It might not work as I don't have root access, but I might
+> > give it a try. Thanks