Hello Vince, For this step...
# su to the weewx account su - weewx (you will be in a shell as weewx) ...it is asking for a password. If I can no longer remember it or cannot find it, then I'm toast, correct? On Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 6:07:36 PM UTC-5 vince wrote: > Host key verification failed...... > > Remember weewx runs as user 'weewx' and not your typical user (in your > case 'kevinphy').... > > You need to ssh into the remote host as the user weewx runs as 'once', > accept the remote host's system key when prompted, and weewx will be able > to rsync over ssh as 'its' user. It can be a little convoluted to do this > typically, so I usually cheat a little.... > > # temporarily let weewx run a shell > sudo chsh -s /bin/bash weewx > > # su to the weewx account > su - weewx > (you will be in a shell as weewx) > > # seed its known_hosts file and set permissions correctly > ssh your_remote_host_or_ip > (answer yes for the host key prompt, then ^C to exit) > (and exit your weewx shell) > > # (re)set weewx's shell to nologin > sudo chsh -s /usr/sbin/nologin weewx > > There is undoubtedly many ways to do it, but this worked for me. > > On Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 3:29:56 PM UTC-7 Kevin Key wrote: > >> Thanks Vince. I'm getting closer. For some reason, the connection via >> weewx gets rejected but not when I do so via the command line: >> >> >> Jun 16 15:27:54 linux weewxd[2084707]: DEBUG weeutil.rsyncupload: >> rsyncupload: cmd: [['rsync', '--archive', '--stats', '-e', 'ssh', >> '/var/www/html/weewx/belchertown/', 'kevi...@192.254.224.66:/home2/kevinphy/ >> kevinkeyphotography.com']] >> Jun 16 15:27:54 linux weewxd[2084707]: ERROR weeutil.rsyncupload: rsync >> reported errors. Original command: ['rsync', '--archive', '--stats', '-e', >> 'ssh', '/var/www/html/weewx/belchertown/', >> 'kevi...@192.254.224.66:/home2/kevinphy/kevinkeyphotography.com'] >> Jun 16 15:27:54 linux weewxd[2084707]: ERROR weeutil.rsyncupload: **** >> Host key verification failed. >> Jun 16 15:27:54 linux weewxd[2084707]: ERROR weeutil.rsyncupload: **** >> rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender] >> Jun 16 15:27:54 linux weewxd[2084707]: ERROR weeutil.rsyncupload: **** >> rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(231) [sender=3.2.7] >> ^X^C >> kevin@linux:/usr/share/weewx/weeutil$ >> >> This works fine via command line: >> >> rsync -arP /var/www/html/weewx/ kevi...@192.254.224.66:/home2/kevinphy/ >> kevinkeyphotography.com/weewx >> >> On Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 2:14:51 PM UTC-7 vince wrote: >> >>> [[RSYNC]] # rsync'ing to a webserver is treated as just another report >>> skin = Belchertown HTML_ROOT = /var/www/html/weewx/rsync >>> >>> Should be skin = Rsync >>> >>> (you posted your forecast credentials in your belchertown section of >>> debug.txt so you might want to generate a new key for that..) >>> >>> On Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 1:36:12 PM UTC-7 Kevin Key wrote: >>> >>>> Here ya go. The only lines that, IMHO, stand out: >>>> >>>> Jun 16 13:24:25 linux weewxd[1930780]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: >>>> Running report 'FTP' >>>> Jun 16 13:24:25 linux weewxd[1930780]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Found >>>> configuration file /etc/weewx/skins/Belchertown/skin.conf for report 'FTP' >>>> Jun 16 13:24:25 linux weewxd[1930780]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: >>>> Invalid report_timing setting for report 'FTP', running report anyway >>>> Jun 16 13:24:25 linux weewxd[1930780]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: >>>> **** Invalid field 'minutes' in 'minutes hours day_of_month months >>>> day_of_week' >>>> Jun 16 13:24:25 linux weewxd[1930780]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: >>>> Running generators for report 'FTP' in directory >>>> '/etc/weewx/skins/Belchertown' >>>> >>>> On Saturday, June 15, 2024 at 9:40:21 PM UTC-7 gjr80 wrote: >>>> >>>>> The clue will be in the log, sometimes it is what is not in the log >>>>> rather than an error message that provides the clue. I suggest you leave >>>>> debug >>>>> = 1, restart WeeWX and post a log extract showing the full WeeWX >>>>> startup and at least a couple of report cycles. >>>>> >>>>> Gary >>>>> On Sunday 16 June 2024 at 13:07:29 UTC+10 kevi...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I have FTP and Rsync enabled and the servers and credentials >>>>>> specified, but no uploads and no errors in the log. Any suggestions? The >>>>>> local files are created, but there is nothing on the log to indicate any >>>>>> upload attempts. I have debug = 1. >>>>> >>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/335856e7-36f4-476e-b8c7-3c663b5b0c96n%40googlegroups.com.
