Question about wms and mapfile location/restriction

[Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]]

Correct. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: B Tuttle [mailto:funkbucket at gmail.com] 
> Sent: 10 October, 2006 4:00 PM
> To: Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]
> Cc: MAPSERVER-USERS at lists.umn.edu
> Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Question about wms and 
> mapfile location/restriction
> 
> 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-onl
> > in
> > 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-o
> > > nl
> > > > 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.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>