[Mapserver-users] Windows and Premature end of script headers

Wed Mar 17 18:30:57 PST 2004

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I am sharing a problem and the eventual solution should others encounter =
a similar configuration problem in Windows XP.

After downloading MapServer and trying to install it on a Windows XP =
machine running an Apache 2 server, I encountered the following error =
message was recorded in the server's error.log file: "Premature end of =
script headers."  I've spent much of the day looking for possible =
solutions.

Eventually, I realized that the MapServer Lib path was not showing up =
under the PATH statement.
I had placed the PATH statement under "User variables for Owner" (where =
other programs had put their path statements) instead of "System =
variables." =20

I hope this information will help others avoid the headache I had.

Peter Wilkerson

PS--It was the following message by Stephen Lime that gave me the clue I =
needed.  Thanks!!
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/data2/wilma/mapserver-users/0104/msg00020.ht=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am sharing a problem and the eventual =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>After downloading MapServer and trying =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Eventually, I realized that the =
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was not showing up under the PATH statement.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I had placed the PATH statement under =
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variables for Owner" (where other programs had put their path =
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instead of "System variables."  </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I hope this information will help =
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