[mapserver-users] unable to access the map file

[Alan Boudreault]

Honestly, I don't really remember how file permissions are handled under 
Windows. There is surely a GUI that you can access via "right click -> 
property" on the file or something like that. You should verify if the 
"others" than the file owner can read the file. You could have to check  the 
tree directory, maybe it's a directory that have a restricted permission.

Alan

On June 29, 2009 01:01:51 pm Suman Chatterjee wrote:
> Hi Alan,
> My map file cannot be read by the web application user. But how to
> correct it? I am using IE 7. What is the user account for web
> application user in case of Apache?
> I am looking forward for your reply.
> Thanks
> Suman
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Boudreault [mailto:aboudreault at mapgears.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 10:22 AM
> To: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Cc: Suman Chatterjee
> Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] unable to access the map file
>
> Hi,
>
> If you are sure that the path is good, did you check the file
> permissions?
> Does the mapfile can be read by your web application user ?
>
> Alan
>
> On June 29, 2009 11:13:04 am Suman Chatterjee wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have just started using mapserver. It was running well till last
>
> week.
>
> > The Itasca application was also running. But all of a sudden the
> > application is not working. Although the maps are being created in the
> > temp folder but it is not being displayed in the browser. I tried with
> > typing
>
> http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=C:\ms4w\Apache\htdocs\mapserver
>
> > demo\workshop\itasca.map&mode=map
> >
> >
> >
> > But it is displaying the error message
> >
> >
> >
> > msLoadMap(): Unable to access file.
> > (C:\ms4w\Apache\htdocs\mapserverdemo\workshop\itasca.map).
> >
> >
> >
> > I tried by changing the backslash to forward slash in the path but I
>
> am
>
> > still getting the same error message.
> >
> >
> >
> > I don't know what is going wrong.
> >
> > Any help in this regard will be highly appreciated. I require to solve
> > it urgently.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Suman
>
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