diff --git a/doc/forum/Need_help_setting_up_ikiwiki_CGI/comment_3_89f2cd7d874a6257786478e4cae1e2bc._comment b/doc/forum/Need_help_setting_up_ikiwiki_CGI/comment_3_89f2cd7d874a6257786478e4cae1e2bc._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ed771bd00 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Need_help_setting_up_ikiwiki_CGI/comment_3_89f2cd7d874a6257786478e4cae1e2bc._comment @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="https://profiles.google.com/lumeng.dev" + nickname="lumeng.dev" + subject="comment 3" + date="2011-05-21T19:11:27Z" + content=""" +After testing using a test CGI script (thanks to smcv), I confirmed this is not a problem of the server not being set up to serve CGI. I then tried changing the permissions of `ikiwiki.cgi` and found: + +* on the remote server, if I have `-rwsr-sr-x` for `ikiwiki.cgi`, the CGI features such as `Preference` and `Edit` buttons don't work, but if I set it `-rwsr-xr-x`, it works. The server is a Debian VPS. + +* in contrast, on my local LAMP server `localhost`, both permissions work + +Any ideas? + +Thanks! +"""]]