Migrating from Windows to Linux: trouble with mapfiles

[Kyle Wilcox]

Did you set up your pg_hba.conf file to allow connections from the
Mapserver computer?  I am getting a database connection error when going
through the WMS, which is accessing the database from the Mapserver box.


Steven De Vriendt wrote:
> Gregor,
> I'm trying to access my wms in qgis. When I access this url in qgis:
> http://80.201.239.208:8888/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/etc/mapserver/wmsserver.map&version=1.1.0&service=wms&request=getcapabilities
> I'm getting an error that qgis can't access the postgis db.
> However, when I try to connect to postgis-db in qgis using same connection
> params I can access it just fine...strange..
> 
> Steven
> 
> On Nov 14, 2007 5:02 PM, Gregor Mosheh <gregor at hostgis.com> wrote:
> 
>> Steven De Vriendt wrote:
>>> Gregor:
>>> this is my layer-setup for postgis-wms..
>>> am I missing out something ?
>> When you request the layer, what is your request? I ask because you have
>> a wms_title, so I wonder whether you're requesting layer grens or layer
>> gemeentgrens -- it should be grens.
>>
>> Other than that, looks great. What is it doing instead of working? When
>> you hit mapserv directly via a manual WMS request, does it generate a
>> blank image, or an error? Do you have a WMS URL pointing at this layer,
>> which we could use to check?
>>
>> I might also recommend that you go over the WMS Server HOWTO on the
>> website, just in case something got overlooked. Check the usual stuff:
>> projections, wms_srs listing, read your WMS server's capabilities
>> document and make sure it's sane, ...
>>
>> --
>> Gregor Mosheh / Greg Allensworth
>> System Administrator, HostGIS cartographic development & hosting services
>> http://www.HostGIS.com/
>>
>> "Remember that no one cares if you can back up,
>>  only if you can restore." - AMANDA
>>
> 

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