[mapserver-users] msLoadMap(): Unable to access file on fedora 9 - newbie

[kmanoj-pg7 kmanoj-pg7]

Dear users..

I have been using mapserver 5.0.3 on fedora 9. now i am just playing with
examples given in the tutorial for mapserver 5.x, unfortunately i stuck in
the very first example explained in the tutorial. when i call the link

http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/mapfiles/sampletest/kerala.map&layer=kerala&mode=map

i faced the following error message

msLoadMap(): Unable to access file. (/mapfiles/sampletest/kerala.map)

i know i have done some silly mistake related to permission or path. I
checked everything like permission and path, but i just cannot make it work.

This my Map file for your kind perusal

Map
IMAGETYPE PNG
NAME "Gods own country"
SIZE 400 300
IMAGECOLOR 255 255 255
EXTENT -97.238976 41.619778 -82.122902 49.385620
SHAPEPATH "/var/www/html/mapfiles/sampletest/data/"

WEB
IMAGEPATH "/tmp/ms_tmp/"
IMAGEURL  "/ms_tmp/"
END

PROJECTION
    "proj=laea"
    "ellps=clrk66"
    "lat_0=45"
    "lon_0=-100"
  #
  # Alternatively, you can specify an EPSG code.
  # "init=epsg:2163"
  #
  END

LAYER
    NAME "kerala"
    TYPE POLYGON
    STATUS DEFAULT
    DATA "/var/www/html/mapfiles/sampletest/data/kerala_districts.shp"

    PROJECTION
      "init=epsg:4326"
    END

    CLASS
        STYLE
            COLOR 232 232 232
            OUTLINECOLOR 32 32 32
            END
    END
END


presumably , i am doing something stupid that i cannot see what

can anybody please help me out....  moreover am a newbie

help nd suggestion will be appreciated....

Thanks
kapilmanoj
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