It is in an unusual place, yes, but rsync over ssh works like it always does. You put the .ssh tree for the user under that user's $HOME whatever it is.
On Friday, July 12, 2024 at 10:44:05 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > Welll thank you Vince It worked > I did try and ssh-keygen and changed the file name to /var/lib/weewx/.ssh > and it did produce the files but it still didnt work > So I copied and paste from my home/phil/.ssh folder and it worked > So again thank you > Plus I also learnt where the $HOME directory is for user weewx which I > most admit still feels odd but perhaps I can read up on. > Phil > > On Friday, July 12, 2024 at 5:56:13 PM UTC+1 vince wrote: > >> 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 >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>>> 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/1e00dc38-38c2-4f94-8707-64a5930fac90n%40googlegroups.com >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/1e00dc38-38c2-4f94-8707-64a5930fac90n%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/0bb64d71-c6b3-4dde-8071-199b1cd6b20dn%40googlegroups.com >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/0bb64d71-c6b3-4dde-8071-199b1cd6b20dn%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/fcfca1e7-f792-4dda-97a2-0e0cbcb1ea7fn%40googlegroups.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/fcfca1e7-f792-4dda-97a2-0e0cbcb1ea7fn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. 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