FWIW, on my system while files are assigned to the weewx group, group
permissions are 400 (read-only).
This was a fresh install of weewx 5.1.0 using `apt install weewx` on
Unbuntu 24.04
On Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 4:03:26 PM UTC-5 vince wrote:
Permission denied generally means you tried to read or write from/to
someplace you aren't in the required group to succeed doing that. The
problem going away via sudo (which you shouldn't almost ever need to do
typically for weewx v5) generally confirms that.
Keyerror frequently means a typo or something missing from weewx.conf so
you probably should post that for more eyeballs taking a look.
On Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 1:52:47 PM UTC-7 Ron Walker wrote:
Addtional information. After running the command the fileparse
installation appeared to finish successfully, however, when I started
weewx, it failed with the following:
weewx.service - WeeWX
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/weewx.service; enabled;
preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2025-10-28 16:43:39 EDT;
8s ago
Duration: 801ms
Invocation: 61d79b2574f2414689af666970c8e86a
Docs: https://weewx.com/docs
Process: 1844 ExecStart=weewxd /etc/weewx/weewx.conf (code=exited,
status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 1844 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CPU: 702ms
Oct 28 16:43:39 raspberrypi weewxd[1844]: self.setupStation(config_dict)
Oct 28 16:43:39 raspberrypi weewxd[1844]: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Oct 28 16:43:39 raspberrypi weewxd[1844]: File
"/usr/share/weewx/weewx/engine.py", line 99, in setupStation
Oct 28 16:43:39 raspberrypi weewxd[1844]: driver =
config_dict[station_type]['driver']
Oct 28 16:43:39 raspberrypi weewxd[1844]:
~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Oct 28 16:43:39 raspberrypi weewxd[1844]: File
"/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/configobj/__init__.py", line 549, in
__getit>
Oct 28 16:43:39 raspberrypi weewxd[1844]: val = dict.__getitem__(self,
key)
Oct 28 16:43:39 raspberrypi weewxd[1844]: KeyError: 'fileparse'
Oct 28 16:43:39 raspberrypi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Main process exited,
code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Oct 28 16:43:39 raspberrypi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Failed with result
'exit-code'.
Sorry for the multiple messages!
On Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 4:43:14 PM UTC-4 Ron Walker wrote:
Hi Tom,
I confirmed that I (user pi) am in the weewx group and ran the command as
you suggested, but the outcome is the same! I tried running the command
using sudo and it worked!
Any ideas?
Ron
On Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 4:29:39 PM UTC-4 Tom Keffer wrote:
Probably a permissions problem. Try adding yourself to the 'weewx' group:
*sudo usermod -aG weewx my-user-name*
*exec bash*
-tk
On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM 'Ron Walker' via weewx-user <
[email protected]> wrote:
Hi All,
I have a fresh install of version 5.2.0 running on a Raspberry Pi running
Trixie OS. The installation went smoothly with no issues except I did have
to add myself to the weewx group in order to access files. The issues came
when I attempted to use the fileparse driver. I installed the driver using
the following command:
*weectl extension install /etc/weewx/examples/fileparse*
When I executed the command I got the following error:
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ weectl extension install /etc/weewx/examples/fileparse
Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
Install extension '/etc/weewx/examples/fileparse' (y/n)? y
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/weewx/weectl.py", line 75, in <module>
main()
~~~~^^
File "/usr/share/weewx/weectl.py", line 67, in main
namespace.func(namespace)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/share/weewx/weectllib/__init__.py", line 90, in dispatch
namespace.action_func(config_dict, namespace)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/share/weewx/weectllib/extension_cmd.py", line 116, in
install_extension
ext.install_extension(namespace.source, no_confirm=namespace.yes)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/share/weewx/weecfg/extension.py", line 143, in
install_extension
extension_name = self.install_from_dir(extension_path)
File "/usr/share/weewx/weecfg/extension.py", line 187, in install_from_dir
self._install_files(installer['files'], extension_dir)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/share/weewx/weecfg/extension.py", line 271, in _install_files
shutil.copy(source_path, destination_path)
~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/shutil.py", line 429, in copy
copymode(src, dst, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/shutil.py", line 318, in copymode
chmod_func(dst, stat.S_IMODE(st.st_mode))
~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
PermissionError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted:
'/etc/weewx/bin/user/fileparse.py'
Can someone point me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance!
Ron
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