YES!

INFO weeutil.rsyncupload: rsync'd 21 files (1,181,568 bytes) in 1.79 seconds


How do I buy you all a coffee? It was the generating the key as the weewx 
user that I missed (among other things through this journey!)




On Friday, July 5, 2024 at 11:39:41 PM UTC-5 vince wrote:

> Yes.  You need the 'weewx' user to be able to ssh into the remote system 
> with a passwordless ssh keypair.
>
> On Friday, July 5, 2024 at 7:32:17 PM UTC-7 Ben W. wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> " If you can ssh in as yourself but 'not' as weewx, that means your weewx 
>> .ssh/config setup isn't quite right...."
>>
>> This is exactly what is happening. Should I generate the pub/priv keys 
>> again but as the weewx user rather than the main user?
>>
>> On Friday, July 5, 2024 at 11:52:16 AM UTC-5 vince wrote:
>>
>>> Hard to say but I still think your weewx user's ssh setup vs. your 
>>> remote system is incorrect.
>>>
>>>    - use your normal account and ssh in 'without' a password using a 
>>>    passwordless keypair and see if it works
>>>    - do the same test from the weewx account and see if that also works
>>>
>>> If you can ssh in as yourself but 'not' as weewx, that means your weewx 
>>> .ssh/config setup isn't quite right....
>>>
>>> Remember - you need a 'passwordless' keypair for weewx. 
>>>
>>> On Friday, July 5, 2024 at 8:20:39 AM UTC-7 Ben W. wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks - that was able to work for me. The rsync is still failing but 
>>>> at least it's for a new reason now! 
>>>>
>>>> I get this
>>>> ERROR weeutil.rsyncupload: **** Permission denied, please try again.
>>>>
>>>> even though I was able to connect via this step:
>>>>
>>>> # 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)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Friday, July 5, 2024 at 9:05:56 AM UTC-5 Graham Eddy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> try ' sudo -u weewx -i ‘ to get an interactive shell as weewx
>>>>> *⊣GE⊢*
>>>>>
>>>>> On 5 Jul 2024, at 11:48 PM, Ben W. <proofof...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> 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?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>

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