Vince
I thought weewx $Home directory is where the bin/init.d folders are which 
is in /etc/weewx
var/lib/weewx only has the database in
Have a got that wrong

On Friday, July 12, 2024 at 5:09:17 PM UTC+1 vince wrote:

> A dpkg installation sets weewx $HOME to /var/lib/weewx unless you've 
> manually changed things....
>
> (from my /etc/passwd in a clean 5.1.0-4 installation)
> weewx:x:104:109::/var/lib/weewx:/usr/sbin/nologin
>
>
> On Friday, July 12, 2024 at 8:05:04 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote:
>
>> User=weewx
>> home directory for weewx is /etc/weewx 
>>
>> On Friday, July 12, 2024 at 3:19:44 PM UTC+1 Tom Keffer wrote:
>>
>>> 1. When you say "If I then enter ssh [email protected] it opens 
>>> up..." What user were you running as? Was it the same as the user weewxd is 
>>> running as?
>>>
>>> 2. You can determine the user weewxd is running as with the command:
>>>
>>> *systemctl show -p User weewx*
>>>
>>> 3. What is the home directory for that user?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 4:20 AM [email protected] <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Tom
>>>> Im in /etc/weewx     Weewx Home directory
>>>> With ssh-keygen is entered it comes up with a file to save it in I put 
>>>> in /etc/weewx/.ssh/id_rsa
>>>> With nothing entered for either catchphase I then use ssh-copy-id with 
>>>> my server info
>>>> It then asks for the servers password which its happy with.
>>>> If I then enter ssh [email protected] it opens up in the server 
>>>> which is what I expect
>>>> Using rsync -a from cd /etc/weewx it works OK
>>>> I do have a raspi with weewx 4.10.2 which is working perfectly.
>>>> What am I doing wrong ??
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 2:32:28 PM UTC+1 Tom Keffer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> From your log, you have two instances of weewxd running, one labeled 
>>>>> 'weewxd', the other 'weewxd-sunhours'. Both are running as user 'weewx'.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, the credentials should be put in ~weewx/.ssh. They should contain 
>>>>> credentials for user LushEr21 on host 192.168.1.157.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 5:44 AM [email protected] <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks Glenn and well spotted. 
>>>>>> But still fails.
>>>>>> It now has an extra line in the logs  " Host key verification failed"
>>>>>> Now the ssh keys have been added to my normal logon phil@raspberrypi, 
>>>>>> which is where weewx was loaded from, and from the prompt  rsync -a 
>>>>>> /etc/weewx/webpages/testcenter/ 
>>>>>> [email protected]:/volume1/web/SheringhamWeatherCenter works ok 
>>>>>> without 
>>>>>> password
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have with sudo -i also added the ssh keygen at root@raspberrypi and 
>>>>>> rsync also works
>>>>>> in groups weewx and phil are both there so where do I load the ssh  
>>>>>> keygen ????
>>>>>> weewx was restarted when I changed the weewx.conf file.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 11:58:45 AM UTC+1 Glenn McKechnie wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'll try yet again. The SPAM folder must be working overtime?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It looks very much like a typo. 
>>>>>>> In your command line it's 192.168. 
>>>>>>> In weewx.conf you have 192.68
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> LushEr...(at)192.168.1.157
>>>>>>> vs
>>>>>>> server = 192.68.1.157
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thursday 11 July 2024 at 8:17:53 pm UTC+10 [email protected] 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks Tom
>>>>>>>> Ive confused myself so any help is appreciated.
>>>>>>>> I loaded weewx via Debian on a new build if thats any help while 
>>>>>>>> logged on as phil@raspberrypi 
>>>>>>>> with groups at the prompt phil and weewx are both there.
>>>>>>>> txt file has 2 cycles in
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 12:44:42 AM UTC+1 Tom Keffer wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You didn't show enough of the log for a definitive answer, but 
>>>>>>>>> most likely the user under which weewxd is running does not have the 
>>>>>>>>> proper 
>>>>>>>>> credentials. 
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You tested as user "phil". Is this the user weewxd is running as? 
>>>>>>>>> Or, is it running as weewx (the default for V5.x), root, LushEr21, or 
>>>>>>>>> something else?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> See the wiki *rsync troubleshooting 
>>>>>>>>> <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/rsync-troubleshooting>*.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 10, 2024 at 7:57 AM [email protected] <
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Ive built a new build on raspi 5 with weewx 5.02 and it all works 
>>>>>>>>>> ok apart from rsync to my local server . 
>>>>>>>>>> Ive set up ssh-keygen from the home directory and to the root 
>>>>>>>>>> withh sudo -i
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> rsync works in a .sh file via crontab
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Ive tried the following 
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> phil@raspberrypi:~ $ rsync -a /etc/weewx/webpages/testcenter/ 
>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]:/volume1/web/SheringhamWeatherCenter/
>>>>>>>>>> phil@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo -i
>>>>>>>>>> root@raspberrypi:~# rsync -a /etc/weewx/webpages/testcenter/ 
>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]:/volume1/web/SheringhamWeatherCenter/
>>>>>>>>>> root@raspberrypi:~#
>>>>>>>>>> and both work ok
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Now with the following in the rsync section of weewx.conf
>>>>>>>>>>     [[RSYNC]]
>>>>>>>>>>         skin = Rsync
>>>>>>>>>>         enable = true
>>>>>>>>>> HTML_ROOT = /etc/weewx/webpages/testcenter/
>>>>>>>>>>         server = 192.68.1.157
>>>>>>>>>>         user = LushEr21
>>>>>>>>>>         path = /volume1/web/SheringhamWeatherCenter/
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> i get the following lines of erroes in the log  
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 2024-07-10T15:32:32.056993+01:00 raspberrypi weewxd[4788]: ERROR 
>>>>>>>>>> weeutil.rsyncupload: rsync reported errors. Original command: 
>>>>>>>>>> ['rsync', 
>>>>>>>>>> '--archive', '--stats', '-e', 'ssh', 
>>>>>>>>>> '/etc/weewx/webpages/testcenter/', 
>>>>>>>>>> '[email protected]:/volume1/web/SheringhamWeatherCenter']
>>>>>>>>>> 2024-07-10T15:32:32.057086+01:00 raspberrypi weewxd[4788]: ERROR 
>>>>>>>>>> weeutil.rsyncupload: **** ssh: connect to host 192.68.1.157 port 
>>>>>>>>>> 223: 
>>>>>>>>>> Connection timed out
>>>>>>>>>> 2024-07-10T15:32:32.057115+01:00 raspberrypi weewxd[4788]: ERROR 
>>>>>>>>>> weeutil.rsyncupload: **** rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 
>>>>>>>>>> bytes 
>>>>>>>>>> received so far) [sender]
>>>>>>>>>> 2024-07-10T15:32:32.057141+01:00 raspberrypi weewxd[4788]: ERROR 
>>>>>>>>>> weeutil.rsyncupload: **** rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) 
>>>>>>>>>> at 
>>>>>>>>>> io.c(231) [sender=3.2.7]
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The ssh port  223  is correct.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Sending to my host from the home and the root is OK just wondered 
>>>>>>>>>> what else I need to set up for weewx to work ok.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks any help
>>>>>>>>>> P
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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