diff --git a/IkiWiki.pm b/IkiWiki.pm
index b37b1f344..a5f83ac7a 100644
--- a/IkiWiki.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki.pm
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ sub getsetup () {
 	},
 	wiki_file_prune_regexps => {
 		type => "internal",
-		default => [qr/(^|\/)\.\.(\/|$)/, qr/^\./, qr/\/\./,
+		default => [qr/(^|\/)\.\.(\/|$)/, qr/^\//, qr/^\./, qr/\/\./,
 			qr/\.x?html?$/, qr/\.ikiwiki-new$/,
 			qr/(^|\/).svn\//, qr/.arch-ids\//, qr/{arch}\//,
 			qr/(^|\/)_MTN\//, qr/(^|\/)_darcs\//,
diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/attachment.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/attachment.pm
index ad1dd9bca..8c3ff887a 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/attachment.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/attachment.pm
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ sub formbuilder (@) {
 		$filename=linkpage(IkiWiki::possibly_foolish_untaint(
 				attachment_location($form->field('page')).
 				IkiWiki::basename($filename)));
-		if (IkiWiki::file_pruned($filename, $config{srcdir})) {
+		if (IkiWiki::file_pruned($filename)) {
 			error(gettext("bad attachment filename"));
 		}
 		
diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm
index 0aa043215..1c219b6c6 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ sub editcomment ($$) {
 	my $page = $form->field('page');
 	$page = IkiWiki::possibly_foolish_untaint($page);
 	if (! defined $page || ! length $page ||
-		IkiWiki::file_pruned($page, $config{srcdir})) {
+		IkiWiki::file_pruned($page)) {
 		error(gettext("bad page name"));
 	}
 
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ sub commentmoderation ($$) {
 				# pending comment before untainting.
 				my ($f)= $id =~ /$config{wiki_file_regexp}/;
 				if (! defined $f || ! length $f ||
-				    IkiWiki::file_pruned($f, $config{srcdir})) {
+				    IkiWiki::file_pruned($f)) {
 					error("illegal file");
 				}
 
diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/editpage.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/editpage.pm
index 44fe5514a..ee1de8eaa 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/editpage.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/editpage.pm
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ sub cgi_editpage ($$) {
 	$page=possibly_foolish_untaint($page);
 	my $absolute=($page =~ s#^/+##);
 	if (! defined $page || ! length $page ||
-	    file_pruned($page, $config{srcdir})) {
+	    file_pruned($page)) {
 		error(gettext("bad page name"));
 	}
 
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ sub cgi_editpage ($$) {
 			my $best_loc;
 			if (! defined $from || ! length $from ||
 			    $from ne $form->field('from') ||
-			    file_pruned($from, $config{srcdir}) ||
+			    file_pruned($from) ||
 			    $from=~/^\// || 
 			    $absolute ||
 			    $form->submitted) {
diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/rename.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/rename.pm
index 1a9da6363..69e615ead 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/rename.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/rename.pm
@@ -63,9 +63,8 @@ sub check_canrename ($$$$$$) {
 			error(gettext("no change to the file name was specified"));
 		}
 
-		# Must be a legal filename, and not absolute.
-		if (IkiWiki::file_pruned($destfile, $config{srcdir}) || 
-		    $destfile=~/^\//) {
+		# Must be a legal filename.
+		if (IkiWiki::file_pruned($destfile)) {
 			error(sprintf(gettext("illegal name")));
 		}
 
diff --git a/IkiWiki/Receive.pm b/IkiWiki/Receive.pm
index cd94d0938..ae1bd8bef 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Receive.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Receive.pm
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ sub test () {
 		my ($file)=$change->{file}=~/$config{wiki_file_regexp}/;
 		$file=IkiWiki::possibly_foolish_untaint($file);
 		if (! defined $file || ! length $file ||
-		    IkiWiki::file_pruned($file, $config{srcdir})) {
+		    IkiWiki::file_pruned($file)) {
 			error(gettext("bad file name %s"), $file);
 		}
 
diff --git a/t/file_pruned.t b/t/file_pruned.t
index f9c1c257e..4335ed917 100755
--- a/t/file_pruned.t
+++ b/t/file_pruned.t
@@ -1,41 +1,75 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 use warnings;
 use strict;
-use Test::More tests => 27;
+use Test::More tests => 54;
 
 BEGIN { use_ok("IkiWiki"); }
 
 %config=IkiWiki::defaultconfig();
 
 ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("src/.htaccess", "src"));
+ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned(".htaccess"));
 ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("src/.ikiwiki/", "src"));
+ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned(".ikiwiki/"));
 ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("src/.ikiwiki/index", "src"));
+ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned(".ikiwiki/index"));
 ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("src/CVS/foo", "src"));
+ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("CVS/foo"));
 ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("src/subdir/CVS/foo", "src"));
+ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("subdir/CVS/foo"));
 ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("src/.svn", "src"));
+ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned(".svn"));
 ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("src/subdir/.svn", "src"));
+ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("subdir/.svn"));
 ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("src/subdir/.svn/foo", "src"));
+ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("subdir/.svn/foo"));
 ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("src/.git", "src"));
+ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned(".git"));
 ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("src/subdir/.git", "src"));
+ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("subdir/.git"));
 ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("src/subdir/.git/foo", "src"));
+ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("subdir/.git/foo"));
 ok(! IkiWiki::file_pruned("src/svn/fo", "src"));
+ok(! IkiWiki::file_pruned("svn/fo"));
 ok(! IkiWiki::file_pruned("src/git", "src"));
+ok(! IkiWiki::file_pruned("git"));
 ok(! IkiWiki::file_pruned("src/index.mdwn", "src"));
+ok(! IkiWiki::file_pruned("index.mdwn"));
 ok(! IkiWiki::file_pruned("src/index.", "src"));
+ok(! IkiWiki::file_pruned("index."));
 
 # these are ok because while the filename starts with ".", the canonpathed
 # version does not
 ok(! IkiWiki::file_pruned("src/.", "src"));
 ok(! IkiWiki::file_pruned("src/./", "src"));
+# OTOH, without a srcdir, no canonpath, so they're not allowed.
+ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("."));
+ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("./"));
+
+# Without a srcdir, absolute filenames are not allowed.
+ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("/etc/passwd"));
+ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("//etc/passwd"));
+ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("/"));
+ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("//"));
+ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("///"));
+
 
 ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("src/..", "src"));
+ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned(".."));
 ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("src/../", "src"));
+ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("../"));
 ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("src/../", "src"));
+ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("../"));
 
+# This is perhaps counterintuitive.
 ok(! IkiWiki::file_pruned("src", "src"));
+
+# Dots, etc, in the srcdir are ok.
 ok(! IkiWiki::file_pruned("/.foo/src", "/.foo/src"));
 ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("/.foo/src/.foo/src", "/.foo/src"));
 ok(! IkiWiki::file_pruned("/.foo/src/index.mdwn", "/.foo/src/index.mdwn"));
 
-ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("x/y/foo.dpkg-tmp", "src"));
-ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("x/y/foo.ikiwiki-new", "src"));
+ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("src/y/foo.dpkg-tmp", "src"));
+ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("y/foo.dpkg-tmp"));
+ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("src/y/foo.ikiwiki-new", "src"));
+ok(IkiWiki::file_pruned("y/foo.ikiwiki-new"));