[mapserver-users] Mapserver can't read mapfile

Lars Lingner gislars+list at googlemail.com
Mon Feb 10 07:30:32 PST 2014


Hello,

I can see a difference between

map=/home/mapdata/pelop.map&mode=map

and

map=/home/mapdata/pelop/map&mode=map

Hopefully it is just this typo "." vs "/"


Lars

On 10.02.2014 16:15, Stefanos Anastasiou wrote:
> Hello!!
> 
> I'am having my mapfile place in /home/mapdata folder whereas I also keep
> a couple of other mapfiles too. 
> I'm trying to load it in the following form on the
> browser: http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/home/mapdata/pelop.map&mode=map
> 
> and all I get is a blank page. No errors no nothing. 
> 
> Then I created an html template in order to click it from there by
> creating a simple link (and not a from) in the following hyperlink:  <a
> href="http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/home/mapdata/pelop/map&mode=map>
> This link </a>
> 
> And I get the following error: msLoadMap(): Unable to access file.  
> 
> Last time this happened I was invoking Mapserver through a form but this
> time it's just a simple link. 
> 
> Why is it happening ? 
> 
> The weird thing is that all the other mapfiles that are seem to be
> working are are having the same permission settings with the
> current: -rw-r--r-- 
> 
> Thanks a lot! 
> 
> 
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