Mapserv not accepting POST method

Thu Nov 15 19:56:32 PST 2007

The web URL for "CGI-Executables" is the standard "/cgi-bin" on OSX.

Also, I believe that those other form values need to be web URLs, not  
file system paths.

On Nov 15, 2007, at 9:33 PM, Jeff Copes wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> Working with the MapServer, apache 1.3.33 on Mac OS Tiger.
>
> Invoking mapserv from:
>
> <body>
> <form method=POST action="CGI-Executables/mapserv" >
> <input type="submit" value="Maps">
> <input type="hidden" name="map"
> value="/Library/WebServer/Maps/helloworld.map">
> <input type="hidden" name="map_web_imagepath"
> value="/Library/WebServer/Images">
> </form>
>
> </body>
>
> This error is displayed:
>
> The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL
> /CGI-Executables/mapserv
>
> The mapserv executable is in the CGI-Executables directory, has  
> correct
> permissions, the other elements exist in the specified place, apache  
> is
> working, the directories have the right permissions. Postdata is being
> flushed, browser cache is flushed. I hope this isn't something  
> obvious, I
> don't need the beating.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
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