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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> 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.FtpGenerato >>>>>>>>>>> r >>>>>>>>>>> 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. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- > 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 [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. 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