[mapserver-users] Hiding map= from URL with FastCGI

[Jochen Topf]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 03:12:16PM -0500, Russell McOrmond wrote:
> I tried to do something similar with mod_fastcgi, but it tells me
>
> "loadMap(): Web application error. CGI variable "map" is not set."
>
> If I specify the map= on the URL, then things work.

I assume you are using Apache. Add something like 

SetEnvIf Request_URI "/mapserv" MS_MAPFILE=/path/to/mapfile.map

to the Apache config. Other web servers can probably do similar things.

Jochen
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