See the section *Permissions <https://weewx.com/docs/usersguide.htm#permissions>* in the User's Guide.
On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 7:16 AM Fred Keller <[email protected]> wrote: > I am getting an error when I try to run wee_device. > > I stopped the weewx service and waited 1 minute before issuing > wee_device --info > > I got the following error message: > > wee_device --info > > Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf > > Using Vantage driver version 3.5.2 (weewx.drivers.vantage) > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/serial/serialposix.py", line 322, > in open > > self.fd = os.open(self.portstr, os.O_RDWR | os.O_NOCTTY | > os.O_NONBLOCK) > > PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/dev/ttyUSB0' > > > During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/usr/share/weewx/wee_device", line 76, in <module> > > main() > > File "/usr/share/weewx/wee_device", line 72, in main > > device.configure(config_dict) > > File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/__init__.py", line 67, in configure > > self.do_options(options, parser, config_dict, not options.noprompt) > > File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line 2155, in > do_options > > station = Vantage(**config_dict[DRIVER_NAME]) > > File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line 531, in __init__ > > self.port.openPort() > > File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line 318, in openPort > > self.serial_port = serial.Serial(self.port, self.baudrate, > timeout=self.timeout) > > File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/serial/serialutil.py", line 244, in > __init__ > > self.open() > > File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/serial/serialposix.py", line 325, > in open > > raise SerialException(msg.errno, "could not open port {}: > {}".format(self._port, msg)) > > serial.serialutil.SerialException: [Errno 13] could not open port > /dev/ttyUSB0: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/dev/ttyUSB0' > > > I am not sure what to change on my system to allow wee_device to access > the /dev/ttyUSB0. > > > Fred > > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/57b51111-8300-4458-8213-2938c3c25c96n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/57b51111-8300-4458-8213-2938c3c25c96n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAPq0zECVUhZnH1e6eXgykt%3DtBz3mHm7yuFBMiGFcBXMW%2BWcqgw%40mail.gmail.com.
