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 <[email protected]
> <javascript:>> 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.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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