Richard, Thanks for your reply. This is a weird one.
The permissions were the first thing I checked. I have my ls aliased to ls -F. -rwxrwxr-x 1 satellit wheel 1504560 Nov 14 04:57 mapserv* I checked the ScriptAlias variable, it is pointed to the correct space. I will keep looking. Jeff Richard Greenwood wrote: > > On Nov 17, 2007 4:43 AM, Jeff Copes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Thanks for replying guys. I had tried putting the GET command in the html >> page and tried your posted link and Firefox wanted to download the >> mapserv >> executable from my web server root and was able to do so. I tried >> William's >> reply, too, and got the same error as before about mapserv not taking a >> POST >> request. I tried Safari this AM, and the same results. I am able to serve >> html pages and php from any directory. >> Could the mapserv version I am using be what is causing this problem? Is >> there a command I can run on the command line or through my web service >> to >> get the version info and re-form a reply? I am running OS X 10.4.10, and >> the >> apache in my previous post. Thanks again, and please advise when you can. > > Sounds like the your mapserv is not executable. Try: > chmod +x mapserv > then to check you modification: > ls -Fal > and it should look something like: > -rwxr-xr-x 1 rich admin 1220132 Sep 23 11:40 mapserv* > > If that doesn't resolve it, then check that your cgi directory is > setup in your Apache configuration (/etc/httpd/httpd.conf) Should look > something like: > ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/Library/www/cgi-bin/" > Basically this instructs Apache to execute files in the specified > directory, rather than serve them as static content. (Remember to > restart Apache after modifying the config). > > HTH, > -- > Richard Greenwood > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.greenwoodmap.com > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Mapserv-not-accepting-POST-method-tf4818882.html#a13814915 Sent from the Mapserver - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.