[Mapserver-users] map file permission denied

[Lowell Filak]

Could you add a line for a logfile in either the mapfile or the script .
The 'Permission denied' may very well pertain to the null data value for
'image' and not the mapfile itself.
Check out (if needed):
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?PerlMapScriptDebugging

HTH

Lowell

The following message was sent by Nick Petersen-Bergeron
<bergeron at zedxinc.com> on Mon, 27 Oct 2003 16:20:31 -0500.

> I'm trying to open a basic mapfile, and I'm continually getting a mapfile 
> permission denied error.  The permissions on the mapfile are set to 
> 777.  Here is the mapfile:
> 
> #
> # Start of map file
> #
> NAME YIELD
> STATUS ON
> SIZE 150 150
> EXTENT -91.1644 34.6098 -91.1306 34.6399
> UNITS DD
> SHAPEPATH "./"
> IMAGECOLOR 255 255 255
> 
> 
> ##
> ## Start of web interface definition
> ##
> WEB
>    IMAGEPATH "/home/httpd/html/dy_images/"
>    IMAGEURL "/dy_images/"
> END
> 
> SYMBOL
>    NAME "circle"
>    TYPE ellipse
>    FILLED true
>    POINTS
>      1 1
>    END
> END
> 
> LAYER
>          NAME image
>          TYPE raster
>          DATA ""
>          STATUS ON
>          TEMPLATE void
>          CLASS
>                  NAME "img"
>          END
> END
> 
> 
> 
> #
> #LAYER
> #       NAME points
> #       TYPE point
> #       DATA ""
> #       STATUS ON
> #       TEMPLATE void
> #       CLASS
> #               NAME "dots"
> #               SIZE 5
> #               COLOR 255 0 0
> #               SYMBOL 'circle'
> #       END
> #END
> 
> END # Map File
> 
> 
> My map object declaration line is simple, just this:
> my $map = new mapObj('/home/httpd/html/map/yield.map') or die("Unable to 
> open mapfile. $!");
> 
> This is the error: Unable to open mapfile. Permission denied
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> BTW, thanks to those of you who helped with my dynamic class creation 
> problem.  The error turned out to be a silly mistake regarding a 
> double-quote that should have been a single-quote.
> 
> Nick Petersen-Bergeron
> Developer
> 
> ZedX Inc.
> 369 Rolling Ridge Drive
> Bellefonte, PA. 16823
> 
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