MapServer acces with user authentication (login/password)

Frank Warmerdam warmerdam at POBOX.COM
Wed May 10 10:55:03 EDT 2006


Steven De Vriendt wrote:
> Hi list,
>  
> Can I secure my MapServer WMS with user authentication on MapServer level ?
>  I'd like to establish my WMS so only a few people can I access it...

Steven,

I believe the normal way to accomplish this is with normal .htpasswd or
other Apache authentication methods.  MapServer itself does not provide
user/password authentication.

Best regards,
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