[Mapserver-users] msOpenSHPFile(): Unable to access file

[woodbri at swoodbridge.com]

Inna,

Check the file and directory permissions. They must be readable by 
the apache process.

-Steve W.

On 30 Mar 2003 at 12:38, Inna Janssen wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> mapserv is unable to access the data file. But I definitely set all
> paths correctly. The mapfile is the one from the tutorial, starting
> this way: --- NAME S1EX2 EXTENT -97.238976 41.619778 -82.122902
> 49.38562 SIZE 400 300 SHAPEPATH "/var/www/html/karte/data" LAYER #
> States
>   NAME "states"
>   DATA states_ugl
>   STATUS DEFAULT
> ...
> ---
> 
> the shapepath is set correctly. I downloaded the states_ugl from
> http://terrasip.gis.umn.edu/terrasipProjects/tutorial35/data/states_ug
> l.shp I call mapserv directly by entering the url
> http://www.inna.de/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/var/www/html/karte/karte.map&m
> ode=map Then I get: "msOpenSHPFile(): Unable to access file.
> (states_ugl) " I also tried it with relative paths, with ending slash,
> with adding .shp to states_ugl I also checked the file permission of
> states_ugl. Nothing helped.
> 
> I use Redhat Linux 7.3
> 
> Instead, the itasca demo does work! 
> 
> Does anyone has any idea ???
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Inna
> 
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