If the srcdir is a symlink, Ikiwiki will not render the pages unless the srcdir has a trailing slash. For example: #!/bin/sh set -x REALSRCDIR=~/tmp/ikiwiki/wikiwc2 SRCDIR=~/tmp/ikiwiki/wikiwc DESTDIR=~/tmp/ikiwiki/public_html/wiki/ echo "*** Testing without trailing slash." rm -rf $REALSRCDIR $SRCDIR $DESTDIR # Create the real srcdir and link the srcdir to it mkdir -p $REALSRCDIR ln -s $REALSRCDIR $SRCDIR mkdir -p $DESTDIR echo Test > $SRCDIR/index.mdwn # No trailing slash after $SRCDIR ikiwiki --verbose $SRCDIR $DESTDIR --url=http://example.org/~you/wiki/ --underlaydir /dev/null echo "*** Testing with trailing slash." rm -rf $REALSRCDIR $SRCDIR $DESTDIR # Create the real srcdir and link the srcdir to it mkdir -p $REALSRCDIR ln -s $REALSRCDIR $SRCDIR mkdir -p $DESTDIR echo Test > $SRCDIR/index.mdwn # Trailing slash after $SRCDIR ikiwiki --verbose $SRCDIR/ $DESTDIR --url=http://example.org/~you/wiki/ --underlaydir /dev/null My output: + REALSRCDIR=/home/svend/tmp/ikiwiki/wikiwc2 + SRCDIR=/home/svend/tmp/ikiwiki/wikiwc + DESTDIR=/home/svend/tmp/ikiwiki/public_html/wiki/ + echo '*** Testing without trailing slash.' *** Testing without trailing slash. + rm -rf /home/svend/tmp/ikiwiki/wikiwc2 /home/svend/tmp/ikiwiki/wikiwc /home/svend/tmp/ikiwiki/public_html/wiki/ + mkdir -p /home/svend/tmp/ikiwiki/wikiwc2 + ln -s /home/svend/tmp/ikiwiki/wikiwc2 /home/svend/tmp/ikiwiki/wikiwc + mkdir -p /home/svend/tmp/ikiwiki/public_html/wiki/ + echo Test + ikiwiki --verbose /home/svend/tmp/ikiwiki/wikiwc /home/svend/tmp/ikiwiki/public_html/wiki/ --url=http://example.org/~you/wiki/ --underlaydir /dev/null + echo '*** Testing with trailing slash.' *** Testing with trailing slash. + rm -rf /home/svend/tmp/ikiwiki/wikiwc2 /home/svend/tmp/ikiwiki/wikiwc /home/svend/tmp/ikiwiki/public_html/wiki/ + mkdir -p /home/svend/tmp/ikiwiki/wikiwc2 + ln -s /home/svend/tmp/ikiwiki/wikiwc2 /home/svend/tmp/ikiwiki/wikiwc + mkdir -p /home/svend/tmp/ikiwiki/public_html/wiki/ + echo Test + ikiwiki --verbose /home/svend/tmp/ikiwiki/wikiwc/ /home/svend/tmp/ikiwiki/public_html/wiki/ --url=http://example.org/~you/wiki/ --underlaydir /dev/null scanning index.mdwn rendering index.mdwn Note that index.mdwn was only rendered when srcdir had a trailing slash. > There are potential [[security]] issues with ikiwiki following a symlink, > even if it's just a symlink at the top level of the srcdir. > Consider ikiwiki.info's own setup, where the srcdir is ikiwiki/doc, > checked out of revision control. A malicious committer could convert > ikiwiki/doc into a symlink to /etc, then ikiwiki would happily publish > all of /etc to the web. > > This kind of attack is why ikiwiki does not let File::Find follow > symlinks when scanning the srcdir. By appending the slash, you're > actually bypassing that check. Ikiwiki should not let you set > up a potentially insecure configuration like that. More discussion of > this hole [[here|security#index29h2]], and I've had to release > a version of ikiwiki that explicitly checks for that, and fails to work. > Sorry, but security trumps convenience. [[done]] --[[Joey]]