Question about wms and mapfile location/restriction

[B Tuttle]

I'm using Linux and Apache. The sheel script looks like a nice way to
go. Does this set up mean one mapserv binary and using apache to
restrict acces to the shell script and thus the mapfiles?

On 10/10/06, Kralidis,Tom [Burlington] <Tom.Kralidis at ec.gc.ca> wrote:
>
> What OS are you using?  And what HTTP server are you using?
>
> For example, if using UNIX and Apache, what I would do is:
>
> - place a mapserv binary in cgi-bin/
> - foreach mapfile
>   - create a shell script (see
> http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/wms_server/#more-about-the-onlin
> e-resource-url) which points to mapserv after declaring the MS_MAPFILE
> variable to be used.
>
> ..Tom
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: B Tuttle [mailto:funkbucket at gmail.com]
> > Sent: 10 October, 2006 1:44 PM
> > To: Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]
> > Cc: MAPSERVER-USERS at lists.umn.edu
> > Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Question about wms and
> > mapfile location/restriction
> >
> > 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-onl
> > > in
> > > 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.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>