I'm using Linux and Apache. The sheel script looks like a nice way to go. Does this set up mean one mapserv binary and using apache to restrict acces to the shell script and thus the mapfiles?
On 10/10/06, Kralidis,Tom [Burlington] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What OS are you using? And what HTTP server are you using? For example, if using UNIX and Apache, what I would do is: - place a mapserv binary in cgi-bin/ - foreach mapfile - create a shell script (see http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/wms_server/#more-about-the-onlin e-resource-url) which points to mapserv after declaring the MS_MAPFILE variable to be used. ..Tom > -----Original Message----- > From: B Tuttle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 October, 2006 1:44 PM > To: Kralidis,Tom [Burlington] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Question about wms and > mapfile location/restriction > > When using multiple instances of mapserv how do I configure > what mapfiles each instance is able to use? > > On 10/4/06, Kralidis,Tom [Burlington] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: UMN MapServer Users List > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of B Tuttle > > > Sent: 04 October, 2006 5:49 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Question about wms and mapfile > > > location/restriction > > > > > > Hi all- > > > > > > Part1- > > > So far to use wms I have to have the mapfile in the same > > > direcotry as mapserv. Any thoughts on how to set it up so > I can have > > > my mapfile in a differnet location? > > > > > > > You can have the mapfile anywhere on the filesystem, and > refer to it > > in your WMS server URL as: > > > > http://host/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/path/to/mapfile.map > > > > This is a legal OGC WMS server URL, which would be visible in your > > Capabilities XML. > > > > Note you can also hide the mapfile location if you wish (see: > > > http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/wms_server/#more-about-the-onl > > in > > e-resource-url for more info). > > > > > Part 2- > > > I need to set up my server so some mapfiles are available to > > > anyone and some are password restricted. Is there a way to use a > > > config file or multiple instances of mapserv to suggest > what mapfile > > > (or direcotry hieracrhies) it can access? > > > > > > > You can use multiple instances of mapserv and apply authentication > > rules to them via your web server configuration. > > > > Or, you can use the new Mapscript WxS API, which allows for the OGC > > specs API to be exposed through scripting languages like > python, perl, > > php, and java. The API will allow you to work in between > the request > > / response chain. Here you can develop an authentication > layer of sorts. > > See http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/wxs_mapscript > for more info. > > This is relatively new functionality in MapServer/mapscript and not > > extensively tested. > > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > >
