Sorry, you do have it wrong.
You need to put the .ssh tree under the $HOME of the user weewx runs as
('weewx' for a dpkg installation) per the /etc/password file definition of
its home directory, so it would be /var/lib/weewx
On Friday, July 12, 2024 at 9:32:05 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote:
> 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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