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

[Russell McOrmond]

On Sat, 13 Dec 2008, Jochen Topf wrote:

> I assume you are using Apache. Add something like
>
> SetEnvIf Request_URI "/mapserv" MS_MAPFILE=/path/to/mapfile.map

   Thank you.  This worked exactly as suggested.  I hadn't realized that 
FastCGI passed environment variables from the Apache environment, and 
doesn't take them from within the fcgi process space.

Here is what we're doing now, one to set the MS_MAPFILE environment 
variable, and the other to alias that special URL to the fastcgi compiled 
mapserver.

SetEnvIf Request_URI "/base_wms_en" MS_MAPFILE=/where/is/my/basemap_wms_en.map
Alias /base_wms_en /where/is/my/fcgi-bin/mapserv

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