> > Do you have root access to your webserver? > Yes, I have a root account on webserver. it's more important that the Mapserver CGI process has access to Postgis on port 5432 (through any firewalls if present)... -- Barend Köbben International Institute for Geo-information Sciences and Earth Observation (ITC) PO Box 6, 7500AA Enschede (The Netherlands) ph: +31 (0)53 4874253; fax: +31 (0)53 4874335