[Mapserver-users] cygwin vs. windows

[Ed McNierney]

Dylan -

There really isn't much needed to install at all, provided you've got a
Web server set up already on the remote machine.

Are you using a local Windows machine?  Is the remote machine running
Windows 2000 Server?  If so, using Terminal Services/Remote Desktop
clients will make "secure remote login" pretty trivial.

Do you need to install on a remote Cygwin setup, or are you bringing
that up as a suggested solution?  Sorry, but if you can be a bit more
specific about what your environment is and what you need to do, we can
give you specific advice!

	- Ed

Ed McNierney
President and Chief Mapmaker
TopoZone.com / Maps a la carte, Inc.
73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
North Chelmsford, MA  01863
Phone: (978) 251-4242  Fax: (978) 251-1396
ed at topozone.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Dylan Keon [mailto:keon at nacse.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 7:59 PM
To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
Subject: [Mapserver-users] cygwin vs. windows

Hi all,

I need to install MapServer on a remote Win2K box.  I'm used to doing 
this on Linux, but not other platforms.  Do any of you have comments on 
installing on Windows vs. Cygwin?  I read the Wiki howto for installing 
on Cygwin, plus a couple of posts.  It doesn't look particularly easy, 
especially if I want to use PHP MapScript.

Do the precompiled PHP-MapServer Windows binaries at DM Solutions also 
contain GDAL or any other goodies?

There is someone at the remote site who can help with the installation, 
but it would be better if I could log in remotely.  I assume Cygwin 
supports ssh, so that would be a plus.  Any way to do a secure remote 
login to a Windows box, maybe VNC tunneled through SSH or something?

Thanks,
Dylan

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