Question about wms and mapfile location/restriction

[B Tuttle]

When using multiple instances of mapserv how do I configure what
mapfiles each instance is able to use?

On 10/4/06, Kralidis,Tom [Burlington] <Tom.Kralidis at ec.gc.ca> wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: UMN MapServer Users List
> > [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of B Tuttle
> > Sent: 04 October, 2006 5:49 PM
> > To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> > Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Question about wms and mapfile
> > location/restriction
> >
> > Hi all-
> >
> > Part1-
> >     So far to use wms I have to have the mapfile in the same
> > direcotry as mapserv. Any thoughts on how to set it up so I
> > can have my mapfile in a differnet location?
> >
>
> You can have the mapfile anywhere on the filesystem, and refer to it in
> your WMS server URL as:
>
> http://host/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/path/to/mapfile.map
>
> This is a legal OGC WMS server URL, which would be visible in your
> Capabilities XML.
>
> Note you can also hide the mapfile location if you wish (see:
> http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/wms_server/#more-about-the-onlin
> e-resource-url for more info).
>
> > Part 2-
> >     I need to set up my server so some mapfiles are available
> > to anyone and some are password restricted. Is there a way to
> > use a config file or multiple instances of mapserv to suggest
> > what mapfile (or direcotry hieracrhies) it can access?
> >
>
> You can use multiple instances of mapserv and apply authentication rules
> to them via your web server configuration.
>
> Or, you can use the new Mapscript WxS API, which allows for the OGC
> specs API to be exposed through scripting languages like python, perl,
> php, and java.  The API will allow you to work in between the request /
> response chain.  Here you can develop an authentication layer of sorts.
> See http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/wxs_mapscript for more info.
> This is relatively new functionality in MapServer/mapscript and not
> extensively tested.
>
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
>