Oh well, we can't win them all!! Thanks for trying though - and am just
glad that at least you solved the problem even if we can't get to the
actual cause.
Glad to have helped in a small way.
On Wednesday, 23 November 2016 04:49:00 UTC+2, Dan'l B wrote:
> I have tried to re-create the setup that appeared to cause this problem
> but am unable to do so
>
> However, here is part of the syslog from when the issue happened; I hope
> this is useful:
>
> Nov 12 06:20:19 WeatherPi weewx[11707]: reportengine: Running report FTP
>>
>> Nov 12 06:20:19 WeatherPi weewx[11707]: reportengine: Found configuration
>>> file /etc/weewx/skins/Ftp/skin.conf for report FTP
>>
>> Nov 12 06:20:19 WeatherPi weewx[11707]: ftpupload: Attempting connection
>>> to ftp.suiattle.net
>>
>> Nov 12 06:20:19 WeatherPi weewx[11707]: reportengine: Caught
>>> unrecoverable exception in generator weewx.reportengine.FtpGenerator
>>
>> Nov 12 06:20:19 WeatherPi weewx[11707]: **** cannot concatenate
>>> 'str' and 'list' objects
>>
>> Nov 12 06:20:19 WeatherPi weewx[11707]: **** Traceback (most
>>> recent call last):
>>
>> Nov 12 06:20:19 WeatherPi weewx[11707]: **** File
>>> "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/reportengine.py", line 238, in run
>>
>> Nov 12 06:20:19 WeatherPi weewx[11707]: **** obj.start()
>>
>> Nov 12 06:20:19 WeatherPi weewx[11707]: **** File
>>> "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/reportengine.py", line 271, in start
>>
>> Nov 12 06:20:19 WeatherPi weewx[11707]: **** self.run()
>>
>> Nov 12 06:20:19 WeatherPi weewx[11707]: **** File
>>> "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/reportengine.py", line 322, in run
>>
>> Nov 12 06:20:19 WeatherPi weewx[11707]: **** n =
>>> ftp_data.run()
>>
>> Nov 12 06:20:19 WeatherPi weewx[11707]: **** File
>>> "/usr/share/weewx/weeutil/ftpupload.py", line 100, in run
>>
>> Nov 12 06:20:19 WeatherPi weewx[11707]: ****
>>> ftp_server.login(self.user, self.password)
>>
>> Nov 12 06:20:19 WeatherPi weewx[11707]: **** File
>>> "/usr/lib/python2.7/ftplib.py", line 393, in login
>>
>> Nov 12 06:20:19 WeatherPi weewx[11707]: **** if resp[0] ==
>>> '3': resp = self.sendcmd('PASS ' + passwd)
>>
>> Nov 12 06:20:19 WeatherPi weewx[11707]: **** TypeError: cannot
>>> concatenate 'str' and 'list' objects
>>
>> Nov 12 06:20:19 WeatherPi weewx[11707]: **** Generator terminated
>>
>> Nov 12 06:20:19 WeatherPi weewx[11707]: reportengine: Running report RSYNC
>>
>> Nov 12 06:20:19 WeatherPi weewx[11707]: reportengine: Found configuration
>>> file /etc/weewx/skins/Rsync/skin.conf for report RSYNC
>>
>> Nov 12 06:20:19 WeatherPi weewx[11707]: reportengine: rsync upload not
>>> requested. Skipped.
>>
>>
>>
>
> On Sunday, November 13, 2016 at 10:12:57 AM UTC-5, Tom Keffer wrote:
>>
>> Kudos, Andrew. You called it.
>>
>> And, I share your curiosity on how this could cause a password problem.
>> I'd also like to find an engineering solution so it doesn't happen again.
>>
>> So, again, please post the log.
>>
>> -tk
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 7:03 AM, Andrew Milner <andrew.s...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Now that you have got it working - can you satisfy my curiosity - and
>>> put the keyboard back to swiss French and possibly try and identify exactly
>>> what the problem is/was? Is it the keyboard selection itself or is it a
>>> specific character which you have to type? Just curious to know precisely
>>> how keyboard selection can cause a password issue which is not resolved by
>>> enclosing the password in quotes!!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sunday, 13 November 2016 16:57:35 UTC+2, Dan'l B wrote:
>>>
>>>> Bingo! You spotted it.
>>>>
>>>> The language on both machines was set to English US, and the keyboard
>>>> on both set to Swiss French, which is the keyboard I use. Once I set the
>>>> keyboard to US Standard Dvorak, and re-typed the FTP entries, it worked
>>>> immediately!
>>>>
>>>> Great call, Many thanks!
>>>>
>>>> On Sunday, November 13, 2016 at 9:06:47 AM UTC-5, Andrew Milner wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Are the locales on the two machines set the same? Looks like an
>>>>> os/locale/encoding schema issue of some sort. Have you edited the .conf
>>>>> on
>>>>> another machine at any time? Run it through dos2unix just in case.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sunday, 13 November 2016 15:54:39 UTC+2, Dan'l B wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Will do. But as a footnote, when I set up the FTP service in the
>>>>>> WeeWx install on the Mac (which sits right next to the RPi3) the FTP
>>>>>> works
>>>>>> flawlessly, using the exact same settings as on the Rpi, which is the
>>>>>> unit
>>>>>> having this issue.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sunday, November 13, 2016 at 7:54:32 AM UTC-5, Tom Keffer wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Very mysterious.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please set debug=1, restart weewx, then send the log through the
>>>>>>> first FTP attempt.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -tk
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 8:31 PM, Dan'l B <dan.hi...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks for the wee_debug, which shows I am editing the correct
>>>>>>>> file, in /etc/weewx
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I can email or pm you the actual login details if you wish to
>>>>>>>> double-check.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Saturday, November 12, 2016 at 7:15:04 PM UTC-5, gjr80 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As an aside, wee_debug
>>>>>>>>> <http://weewx.com/docs/utilities.htm#wee_debug_utility> can be
>>>>>>>>> handy in cases where there may be doubt over the config file being
>>>>>>>>> used;
>>>>>>>>> wee_debug when run without the --config command line option will
>>>>>>>>> include in its output a copy of the config file that weewx would
>>>>>>>>> pickup
>>>>>>>>> when weewx is run. If you haven't done anything 'special' during your
>>>>>>>>> install this can be helpful. Passwords and some other sensitive info
>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>> obfuscated in the wee_debug output, but you can work around that
>>>>>>>>> to ensure you are editing, and weewx is using, the same file.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sunday, 13 November 2016 08:47:37 UTC+10, Tom Keffer wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Are you sure you're changing the password in the right
>>>>>>>>>> weewx.conf?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> When you're done, it should look like
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> [[FTP]]
>>>>>>>>>> # FTP'ing the results to a webserver is treated as just
>>>>>>>>>> another report,
>>>>>>>>>> # albeit one with an unusual report generator!
>>>>>>>>>> skin = Ftp
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> # If you wish to use FTP, uncomment and fill out the next
>>>>>>>>>> four lines.
>>>>>>>>>> user = my_user_name
>>>>>>>>>> password = "password with spaces in it"
>>>>>>>>>> server = ftp.myserver.com
>>>>>>>>>> path = /
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> -tk
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Dan'l B <dan.hi...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, November 12, 2016 at 9:07:12 AM UTC-5, mwall wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, November 12, 2016 at 9:03:32 AM UTC-5, Dan'l B
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here's the log output when it tries to connect to the remote
>>>>>>>>>>>>> FTP host:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nov 12 09:00:20 WeatherPi weewx[671]: reportengine: Found
>>>>>>>>>>>>> configuration file /etc/weewx/skins/Ftp/skin.conf for report FTP
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nov 12 09:00:20 WeatherPi weewx[671]: ftpupload: Attempting
>>>>>>>>>>>>> connection to **********
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nov 12 09:00:21 WeatherPi weewx[671]: reportengine: Caught
>>>>>>>>>>>>> unrecoverable exception in generator
>>>>>>>>>>>>> weewx.reportengine.FtpGenerator
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nov 12 09:00:21 WeatherPi weewx[671]: **** cannot
>>>>>>>>>>>>> concatenate 'str' and 'list' objects
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nov 12 09:00:21 WeatherPi weewx[671]: **** Traceback
>>>>>>>>>>>>> (most recent call last):
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nov 12 09:00:21 WeatherPi weewx[671]: **** File
>>>>>>>>>>>>> "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/reportengine.py", line 238, in run
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nov 12 09:00:21 WeatherPi weewx[671]: ****
>>>>>>>>>>>>> obj.start()
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nov 12 09:00:21 WeatherPi weewx[671]: **** File
>>>>>>>>>>>>> "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/reportengine.py", line 271, in start
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nov 12 09:00:21 WeatherPi weewx[671]: ****
>>>>>>>>>>>>> self.run()
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nov 12 09:00:21 WeatherPi weewx[671]: **** File
>>>>>>>>>>>>> "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/reportengine.py", line 322, in run
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nov 12 09:00:21 WeatherPi weewx[671]: **** n =
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ftp_data.run()
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nov 12 09:00:21 WeatherPi weewx[671]: **** File
>>>>>>>>>>>>> "/usr/share/weewx/weeutil/ftpupload.py", line 100, in run
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nov 12 09:00:21 WeatherPi weewx[671]: ****
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ftp_server.login(self.user, self.password)
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nov 12 09:00:21 WeatherPi weewx[671]: **** File
>>>>>>>>>>>>> "/usr/lib/python2.7/ftplib.py", line 393, in login
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nov 12 09:00:21 WeatherPi weewx[671]: **** if
>>>>>>>>>>>>> resp[0] == '3': resp = self.sendcmd('PASS ' + passwd)
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nov 12 09:00:21 WeatherPi weewx[671]: **** TypeError:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> cannot concatenate 'str' and 'list' objects
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> in weewx.conf, put the ftp password in quotes.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> it looks like you have a comma in your password.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> There was indeed a comma in the pwd. Tried enclosing it in
>>>>>>>>>>> quotes, no go, so I changed the pwd to just UPPER/lower and nbrs.
>>>>>>>>>>> Same
>>>>>>>>>>> error still.
>>>>>>>>>>>
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