Tom - procedural question for you. Given that v5 runs as user 'weewx' for packaged installations, and since that user typically is set to nologin, should there be a note someplace saying that if folks want to run weectl as their personal username (whatever that is) they need to add themselves to group weewx ???
There is some stuff re: usermod buried in the package build spec file for RH and postinst for Debian but I can't find mention in the wiki nor faq, although as you've mentioned we are probably long past 'peak docs' at this point. pip user here, so I haven't done much fiddling with package installs and the run weewx as user weewx nuances at all On Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 3:29:31 PM UTC-8 Tom Keffer wrote: > It's all in the Upgrade Guide > <https://www.weewx.com/docs/5.1/upgrade/#upgrading-to-v50>. > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2024 at 2:32 PM Michael Serowik <mser...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Happy New Year. >> >> Here is my current setup >> >> weewx 5.0.1 >> debian 12.8 >> Davis Vantage Pro 2 Weather Station. >> >> >> I am trying to install teh belchertown skin and when I issus the >> following command sudo wee_extension --install >> weewx-belchertown-release-1.3.1.tar.gz I get the following error listed >> below >> >> weewx@wyse-weewx:~$ sudo wee_extension --install >> weewx-belchertown-release-1.3.1.tar.gz >> sudo: wee_extension: command not found >> >> but when I issue this command >> >> >> weewx@wyse-weewx:~$ weectl extension install >> weewx-belchertown-release.1.3.1.tar.gz >> Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf >> Install extension 'weewx-belchertown-release.1.3.1.tar.gz' (y/n)? y >> Extracting from tar archive weewx-belchertown-release.1.3.1.tar.gz >> Saving installer file to /etc/weewx/bin/user/installer/Belchertown >> Saved copy of configuration as /etc/weewx/weewx.conf.20241231165941 >> Finished installing extension Belchertown from >> weewx-belchertown-release.1.3.1.tar.gz >> >> so i want to make sure that is the correct command or is there something >> wrong on my end >> >> Thanks >> Mike >> >> -- >> 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 weewx-user+...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/9a27b7f7-3a44-4058-bf7e-3d0c3fe8932fn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/9a27b7f7-3a44-4058-bf7e-3d0c3fe8932fn%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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/f8a112f8-b4a4-4f54-81df-cc144edf1882n%40googlegroups.com.
