<html><body><div style="color:; background-color:; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span>Hi Stephen</span><div id="yiv1442814963"><div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span>It's CentOS and i've extracted that file from Enterprise Linux GIS.</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span>I ONLY have </span><span><span>cPanel</span> in front myself. How can i run that command?<br></span></div><div> Sorry but i really don't know.<br><br>Thanks<br> <div>----- Original Message -----<br>
From: Stephen Woodbridge <woodbri@swoodbridge.com><br> To: mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org<br> Cc: <br> Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 10:01 PM<br> Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Mapserver useful for ordinary sites or not?<br> <br>It is
probably failing because of missing dependency.<br><br>Try this from the command line:<br><br>/path/to/cgi-bin/mapserver -v<br><br>This will give a more useful error message you can read.<br><br>That said, extracting the binary and copying it to the cgi-bin is not <br>going to work in most cases because the whole point of package systems <br>like rpm it to find and install the dependencies.<br><br>What version of linux is installed on your host?<br>There is probably a one line command that we can give you to install <br>mapserver the correct way.<br><br>-Steve W<br><br>On 12/5/2012 1:16 PM, Saka Royban wrote:<br>> Thanks for your answer<br>> After lots of try, i found that i can extract mapserver binary from rpm<br>> using 7zip. I put that executable file to cgi-bin and call it via<br>> address bar but no success, just 500 Internal Server Error. (I know<br>> mapserver has some dependencies but in spite of that it everything was<br>>
right it should display a nice error)<br>> Contacting with guys in host provider, they pointed me to<br>> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mapserver.org/installation/unix.html#installation">http://mapserver.org/installation/unix.html#installation</a> and finally<br>> told me there is no shell access to run this commands.<br>> I'm familiar with structure of mapserver cause of working with MS4W in<br>> my own computer. In addition, i've checked CGI-bin directory by running<br>> some perl script and everything is O.K. They really provide CGI capability.<br>><br>> Now, i don't know what can i do more. (I'm not familiar with Linux,<br>> although i know what running a shell command means. I've been around<br>> computer since DOS age)<br>><br>> Thanks in advance for helpful advices.<br>> Regards<br>><br>><br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>> From: Mr. Puneet Kishor <<a rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:punk.kish@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:punk.kish@gmail.com">punk.kish@gmail.com</a>><br>> To: MapServer OSGEO <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org">mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br>> Cc:<br>> Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 9:24 PM<br>> Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Mapserver useful for ordinary sites or not?<br>><br>><br>> On Dec 5, 2012, at 9:40 AM, Saka Royban <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:sakaroyban@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:sakaroyban@yahoo.com">sakaroyban@yahoo.com</a><br>> <mailto:<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:sakaroyban@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:sakaroyban@yahoo.com">sakaroyban@yahoo.com</a>>> wrote:<br>><br>> > Hi guys<br>> > After a lot of effort to use CGI mapserver in my own site and finally<br>> leaving
hope to find a solution, i came here to ask whether maserver is<br>> useful just for dedicated servers or VPSs really?<br>> > I
(and as it sounds, most of users) have just bought some space from<br>> a host provider (i.e Linux) with a CGI-bin directory which as my host<br>> provider says is able to run CGI applications written in perl and C/C++.<br>> ><br>> > I have searched a lot but as it appears no one has been successful to<br>> run CGI mapserver in its CGI-bin folder. Am i right?<br>><br>><br>> You are not right. MapServer is surprisingly easy to set up and get<br>> working, at least for basic and mid-complexity use cases.<br>><br>><br>> > CGI mapserver is useful just when shell access is available? Should i<br>> switch to Mapscript? Or maybe, buy a windows host with CGI capability?<br>><br>><br>> Unless you figure out what you are doing wrong, you can't set it right.<br>> Why don't you post your issues here in detail (how you are setting<br>> things up, have you followed the tutorial, etc.)
along with the errors<br>> you are getting (general description as well as specific error messages.<br>> I am sure one of us will be able to help you.<br>><br>><br>><br>> ><br>> > Your help would nicely be appreciated. I'm really got stuck and confused.<br>> ><br>><br>><br>> Yup, frustration is a common feeling when things don't work, but really,<br>> no need to give up. "You can do it, we can help"<br>><br>><br>><br>> --<br>> Puneet Kishor<br>> Science and Data Policy at Creative Commons<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> mapserver-users mailing list<br>> <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org">mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org</a> <mailto:<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank"
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