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+> I can't reproduce this bug with a setup file that tells ikiwiki to
+> write to /var/www/blog, which doesn't exist. I get a "Permission denied"
+> since I can't write to /var/www. If I make the permissions allow me to
+> write to /var/www, it happily creates the blog subdirectory. If the blog
+> subdirectory is already there and I can write to it, that of course also
+> works.
+>
+> I'll need enough information to reproduce the problem before I can fix
+> it. Probably a copy of your setup file, wiki source, and information
+> about how your /var/www is set up. --[[Joey]]