X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/5456f720cd6fca6c5d8ec2d7da3dd745799ea26c..63e9a1c8e238a5004f585e8b12a87853f25f5f54:/doc/forum/Error:_bad_page_name.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/forum/Error:_bad_page_name.mdwn b/doc/forum/Error:_bad_page_name.mdwn index 59974ca00..70277a1e4 100644 --- a/doc/forum/Error:_bad_page_name.mdwn +++ b/doc/forum/Error:_bad_page_name.mdwn @@ -1,5 +1,46 @@ -I'm trying to use ikiwiki for the first time. In the start, I had problems with installing the package, because I don't have a root account on my server. +I'm trying to use ikiwiki for the first time. In the start, I had problems +with installing the package, because I don't have a root account on my +server. -When I solved this, I finally set up my wiki, but whenever I try to edit a page, I get an error: “Error: bad page name”. +When I solved this, I finally set up my wiki, but whenever I try to edit a +page, I get an error: “Error: bad page name”. -What am I doing wrong? The wiki is at , the setupfile I used at . +What am I doing wrong? The wiki is at +, the setupfile I used at +. + +> This means that one of the checks that ikiwiki uses to prevent +> editing files with strange or insecure names has fired incorrectly. +> Your setup file seems fine. +> We can figure out what is going wrong through a series of tests: +> +> * Test if your perl has a problem with matching alphanumerics: +> `perl -le 'print int "index"=~/^([-[:alnum:]+\/.:_]+)$/'` +> * Check if something is breaking pruning of disallowed files: +> `perl -le 'use IkiWiki; %config=IkiWiki::defaultconfig(); print ! IkiWiki::file_pruned("index")'` +> --[[Joey]] + +>>Both seem to run fine: + + onderka@atrey:~$ perl -le 'print int "index"=~/^([-[:alnum:]+\/.:_]+)$/' + 1 + onderka@atrey:~$ perl -le 'use IkiWiki; %config=IkiWiki::defaultconfig(); print ! IkiWiki::file_pruned("index")' + 1 + +>>> Try installing this [instrumented +>>> version](http://kitenet.net/~joey/tmp/editpage.pm) of +>>> `IkiWiki/Plugin/editpage.pm`, which will add some debugging info +>>> to the error message. --[[Joey]] + +>>>>When I tried to `make` ikiwiki with this file, I got the error + + ../IkiWiki/Plugin/editpage.pm:101: invalid variable interpolation at "$" + +>>>>> Sorry about that, I've corrected the above file. --[[Joey]] + +>>>>>> Hmm, funny. Now that I reinstalled it with your changed file, it started working. I didn't remember how exactly did I install it the last time, so this time, it seems I did it correctly. Thank you very much for your help. + +>>>>>>> Well, this makes me suspect you installed an older version of +>>>>>>> ikiwiki and my file, which is from the latest version, included a +>>>>>>> fix for whatever bug you were seeing. If I were you, I'd ensure +>>>>>>> that I have a current version of ikiwiki installed. --[[Joey]]