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

[Ed McNierney]

Perry et al. -

I don't think that's likely to be the problem, and might make things
worse.  The symptom seems as if the /cgi-bin directory has (as a
security precaution <g>) Execute permission disabled by default.  In
other words, users can only Read documents there, not Execute them, and
since the user is trying to Read a document that can't be rendered by
the browser (an .EXE file, that is) the client tries to download it.

In the Internet Services Manager, right-click on the cgi-bin virtual
directory folder, and select Properties.  Make sure the Execute
Permissions drop-down (near the bottom on the Virtual Directory tab)
reads "Scripts and Executables".  Also, from the Windows Explorer, check
the Security tab on that folder and make sure the IUSR_<machinename>
anonymous user account has "Read and Execute" permission.

	- Ed

Ed McNierney
Chief Mapmaker
TopoZone.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Pericles S. Nacionales [mailto:pnaciona at gis.umn.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 6:23 PM
To: Mode Matteo
Cc: Mapserver-Users at Lists
Subject: [mapserver-users] RE: being prompted to download mapserv file
(no .exe) when trying to initialize



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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