[FGS] [http] Document root for mapserver

[Vincent Letocart]

No idea ?

Vincent.

On 16 June 2010, at 13:52:32 (Epoch+1276692752 sec), Vincent Letocart wrote : 
> 
> Good afternoon
> 
> After installing Mapserver, the challenge is to get it working.
> The following question is related to the usage of mapserver
> through the webbrowser. I wonder why MapServer is trying 
> to find a file at the root of the file system...
> 
> When I copy an example file from the tutorial:
> 
>      http://biometry.gis.umn.edu/tutorial/example1-1.html
> 
> I first want to see if the file is correctly accessed. For instance, 
> I put the example with name 'tutorial_1.map', and I call mapserver
> from the browser:
> 
>      http://mysite:8081/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/tutorial_1.map&layer=states&mode=map
> 
> as suggested in the tutorial. In the meantime, I 'strace' the httpd
> processes listening on port 8081, and I see in the browser:
> 
> 	  msLoadMap(): Unable to access file. (/tutorial_1.map) 
> 
> and in my trace:
> 
>     [pid 10870] open("/tutorial_1.map", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> 
> So, the mapserver works and accept the filename I give to him (tutorial_1.map),
> but despite the definitions from the configuration files like
> httpd.conf
> 
> 	<Directory "$FGS_HOME/www/htdocs">
> 	    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
> 	    AllowOverride None
> 	    Order allow,deny
> 	    Allow from all
> 	</Directory>
> 
> or mapserver.conf
> 
> 	Alias /ms_tmp/ "/XXXX/mapserver/tmp/ms_tmp/"
> 	<Directory  "/XXXX/mapserver/tmp/ms_tmp/">
> 	    Options None
> 	    AllowOverride None
> 	    Order allow,deny
> 	    Allow from all
> 	</Directory>
> 
> I do not see why the mapserver process is looking at that place
> for the mapfile. Moreover, I consider this as dangerous.
> And, at the end, I cannot get result of the map file processing.
> 
> Did I miss something in the documentation ??
> 
> Thanks for your time
> 
> Vincent.
> 
> -- 
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> 		-- Dr. Janice Lester (in Kirk's body), "Turnabout Intruder",
> 		   stardate 5928.5.

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