the "user" for web2py depends on how you launch it...
if you call:
python web2py.py
then it runs as you
if you:
sudo su bob
python web2py.py
it runs a bob.
if you use apache or some other server i believe by default it runs as the
user that is running apache.
On Thursday, March 14, 2013 8:41:25 PM UTC-7, The Organisation of Secret
Shoppers wrote:
>
> hmm how do i check? i think running the python script has to be "root"
> user? but i'm not sure what is the user type for the web2py...
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Niphlod <nip...@gmail.com
> <javascript:>>wrote:
>
>> did you check that the user running your "working" script is the same as
>> the one running the "I'm going wrong" web2py ?
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, March 14, 2013 8:30:38 AM UTC+1, theoffi...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello guys,
>>>
>>>
>>> i hope someone can help me with this! i have been stuck here for days. I
>>> just created a web app using web2py and i want to use it to send some
>>> serial commands to a device through Raspberry Pi.
>>>
>>> I have successfully sent the commands from R-Pi to the device by running
>>> a Python script in the terminal.
>>>
>>> But i thought web2py is using python as well so i did something similar
>>> but i get the error below:
>>> *<class 'serial.serialutil.SerialException'> could not open port
>>> /dev/ttyAMA0: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/dev/ttyAMA0'*
>>>
>>>
>>> my codes are:
>>>
>>> in Controller:
>>>
>>>
>>> def test():
>>>
>>> import serial
>>>
>>> serialport= serial.Serial("/dev/ttyAMA0", 9600, timeout=0.5)
>>>
>>> return dict() <-- not sure what to return
>>> in view/default/index.html:
>>>
>>> <a href = "{{=URL
>>> <https://10.0.0.132/examples/global/vars/URL>(c='default',
>>> f='test')}}"><img src ="/Comfort2/static/images/off.**jpg" width ="75"
>>> height="75"</a>
>>>
>>>
>>> i created a default/test.html as well.
>>>
>>>
>>> i have no idea what's wrong! :( give me some hints please. thank you!
>>>
>> --
>>
>> ---
>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the
>> Google Groups "web2py-users" group.
>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit
>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/web2py/tiWZkXMoo6E/unsubscribe?hl=en.
>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to
>> web2py+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>.
>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
--
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"web2py-users" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email
to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
