[MapServer-users] "msLoadMap(): Unable to access file..." for Mapserver 8.4.0

[Jörg Thomsen (WhereGroup)]

Hi Eric,

you can trust the message 'unable to access....' Have you set the 
permissions for the whole path starting with 'home' and triple checked 
the path- and filename spellings?
The users home might be a non optimal place, try another directory like 
/mapfiles.

Not your problem, but I won't use rewrite rules with mapserver 8, you 
easily can stet mapfile aliases in the mapserver.conf without any 
dependencies on the apache version or restarting the webserver.

Jörg


Am 27.02.25 um 13:11 schrieb Guldberg, Erik via MapServer-users:
> I'm trying to set up a testing environment for Mapserver 8.4.0 in 
> WSL/Ubuntu, but I keep getting the error: msLoadMap(): Unable to access 
> file. (/home/erik/maps/kulturminner/kulturminner.map)
> 
> As far as I know, my setup is mostly the same as for my "real" server 
> where I run 7.6.4.
> 
> I have a mapserver.conf-file with a MS_MAP_PATTERN, and that works fine.
> 
> *Files and folders permissions:*
> 
> Folders: drwxr-xr-x (chmod 755)
> 
> Files:  -rw-r--r-- (chmod 644)
> 
> The owner is www-data, but I've also tried a regular user, which is what 
> I use for the server where I run 7.6.4.
> 
> *My Apache-setup looks like this:*
> 
> <VirtualHost *:80>
> 
>      SetEnv MAPSERVER_CONFIG_FILE /usr/local/etc/mapserver.conf
> 
>      ServerAdmin webmaster at localhost
> 
>      ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
> 
>      CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
> 
>      ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
> 
>      RewriteEngine On
> 
>      RewriteRule ^/wms/(.*) 
> /cgi-bin/mapserv.fcgi?map=/home/erik/maps/$1/$1.map [PT,QSA]
> 
>      <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin/">
> 
>          AllowOverride None
> 
>          Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +FollowSymLinks
> 
>          AddHandler fcgid-script .fcgi
> 
>          Require all granted
> 
>      </Directory>
> 
>      Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*"
> 
> </VirtualHost>
> 
> *URLs*
> 
> Both URLs gives the same error
> 
> http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/home/erik/maps/kulturminner/kulturminner.map <http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/home/erik/maps/kulturminner/kulturminner.map>
> 
> http://localhost/wms/kulturminner <http://localhost/wms/kulturminner>
> 
> Appreciate any help
> 
> Erik
> 
> 
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