You have 'station= fileparse' all in lowercase but your stanza is [FileParse] in mixed case, which I think is your problem.
Try 'station = FileParse' and see if that helps. The key error likely is you are defining a station type with no matching [name] stanza. On Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 2:34:18 PM UTC-7 Jobu wrote: > Sorry that 400 was non-sense. Most of my files are 644 . . . group > read-only. > > On Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 4:11:46 PM UTC-5 Jobu wrote: > >> 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 >> >> -- >> 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 visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/1cb13cd9-8406-4662-bf00-926ddf2cd861n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/1cb13cd9-8406-4662-bf00-926ddf2cd861n%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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