Hi Vince, That was it! Changed to match the stanza title and all is well!
Thanks to all who contributed! On Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 8:10:28 PM UTC-4 vince wrote: > 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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