[mapserver-users] RE: being prompted to download mapserv file (no .exe) when trying to initialize

[Pericles S. Nacionales]

I haven't used IIS in quite sometime due to security issues.  One of the
things Microsoft probably did to fix these issues is to not allow .EXE files
to execute from cgi-bin (or scripts) directory.  Try replacing the extension
from .exe to .cgi and call "cgi-bin/mapserv.cgi" instead of
"/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe".

I'm sure you can configure your web server to override this setting...  As
an alternative web server, I would recommend Apache.  Unless, of course, you
have contents that depend on IIS stuff.

Good luck!

Perry Nacionales
pnaciona at gis.umn.edu




> -----Original Message-----
> From: teb [mailto:teb at mallit.fr.umn.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 3:15 PM
> To: pnaciona
> Subject: being prompted to download mapserv file (no .exe) when trying
> to initialize
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> From: Mode Matteo <Matteo.Mode at rhul.ac.uk>
> To: "'mapserver-info at lists.gis.umn.edu'"
> <mapserver-info at lists.gis.umn.edu>
> Subject: being prompted to download mapserv file (no .exe) when
> trying to
> initialize
> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 16:48:51 -0000
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> Hello,
>
> I am currently setting up Mapserver3.4 on Windows2000 IIS 5.0.
> My problem is the following: when I click on Initialize -
> htpp://host/ms_demo/demo_init.html - I am prompted to save and
> download the
> mapserv file (without extension).
> As suggested in the existing mailing list documentation, I checked that I
> add the extension ".exe" where needed, but no success.
> Any ideas?
> Any help will be appreciated,
> Happy Christmas
>
> Matteo Mode'
>
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