[mapserver-users] install issues

[Rafael Almeida Fernandez Soto]

Chris,

Put your world.map in cgi-bin apache directory.

2008/11/22 Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com>

> Chris h wrote:
>
>> Now when I access the system by means of the following URL's I get the
>> respective errors:
>>
>> http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=world.map&request=getcapabilities&service=wms
>> or
>>
>> http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=world.map&mode=browse&layers=all&mode=map
>> msLoadMap(): Unable to access file. (world.map)
>>
>> Im not sure but I think this is a postgres permission issue or something
>> along those line.
>> Any ideas?
>> Best regards and thanks for any insights.
>>
>
> Chris,
>
> Try providing the full path to the map file.  Something like
>
>
> http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/opt/maps/world.map&mode=browse&layers=all&mode=map
>
> Otherwise it will only work if your world.map happens to be in the
> currently
> working directory of the mapserv process (I have no idea where that would
> normally be).
>
> Best regards,
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