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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">do you mean:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div>/etc/apache2/apache2.conf</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thanks....<br></div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 06:51:01 PM GMT+12, Richard Duivenvoorde <rdmailings@duif.net> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">I was in the same position :-)<br clear="none"><br clear="none">What I did on my laptop (running apache):<br clear="none"><br clear="none">In apache.conf you can set it by using:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">SetEnv MAPSERVER_CONFIG_FILE /opt/mapserver/mapserver.conf<br clear="none"><br clear="none">If you use Nginx though (which apparently lacks env variables) I used:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://gist.github.com/lhammond/f59d8db526101e9896d0c9bdd8f15139" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://gist.github.com/lhammond/f59d8db526101e9896d0c9bdd8f15139</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://mkliver.github.io/blog/mapserver-ubuntu-nginx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mkliver.github.io/blog/mapserver-ubuntu-nginx</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">But maybe others have better solutions...<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Regards,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Richard Duivenvoorde<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="ydp59ec1c96yqt6117570184" id="ydp59ec1c96yqtfd24131"><br clear="none">On 5/28/24 02:52, Brent Wood via MapServer-users wrote:<br clear="none">> Hi,<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I'm coming back to mapserver after many years away & have a question. Probably more later...<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I'm setting things up & get the error message:<br clear="none">> /msLoadConfig(): Unable to access file. See mapserver.org/mapfile/config.html for more information.<br clear="none">> /<br clear="none">> /<br clear="none">> /<br clear="none">> I'm running on Linux Mint (Ubuntu) so the default location is presumably /usr/local/etc/mapserver.conf<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I have copied/renamed the sample file here & given read access to www-data. Still get the error message.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> The docs suggest using the MAPSERVER_CONFIG_FILE environment variable.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I entered the following into the /etc/environment file, which I thought was supposed to work (according to Dr Google),<br clear="none">> MAPSERVER_CONFIG_FILE="/usr/local/etc/mapserver.conf"<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I still get the error, and if I open a new shell (as me), the variable is not set, so that isn't working as I expected.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Can anyone suggest how/where the environment variable should be set for mapserver to find the file?<br clear="none">> (or any other way to get this working)<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I think it would be useful to include this info in the docs, as it is not apparent to me, and perhaps others.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> MapServer-users mailing list<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="mailto:MapServer-users@lists.osgeo.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MapServer-users@lists.osgeo.org</a><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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