Setting permissions and running a cron program to check for errors/debugging

from a terminal window (see under applications, utilities)
first type
cd /…/ (then hit enter)
then
copy paste the line below into that terminal window

sudo chown -R root:admin /Applications/WeatherD.app
(then hit enter)
(then enter your password when prompted)

sudo chmod -R 775 /Applications/WeatherD.app

also do the same for

sudo chown -R root:admin “/Library/Application Support/wdisplay/”
(then enter your password)

sudo chmod -R 775 “/Library/Application Support/wdisplay/”

you need to run this from the root

and you may need to enclose the directory in " "
i.e
sudo chown -R root:admin “/Library/Application Support/wdisplay/”

sudo chmod -R 775 “/Library/Application Support/wdisplay/”

To run a cron program from a terminal window, to check for errors for debugging:
cd /…/
cd /Applications/WeatherD.app/contents/Resources/
./cronftpreal

password

what password???

You should be prompted for a password after you enter the sudo command. I think that if you have already provided the password you will not be prompted a second time.

Thank you

I am trying to open the latest WD version for mac [Weather Display For Intel MAC OSX10.8 and above v 10.37Mac Build 272] but the blue progress line stops at about 75% when the display reads “Cron files location…” and the the display closes abruptly.

I have followed the Terminal instructions as above and have copied the result below.

What am I doing wrong - or what should I be doing?!

Thanks in anticipation…

Last login: Sat Sep 3 00:24:56 on ttys000
[Peters-iMac:~] PMC1%
[Restored 5 Sep 2016, 22:11:34]
[Peters-iMac:~] PMC1%
[Peters-iMac:~] PMC1% cd/…/
cd/…/: Command not found.
[Peters-iMac:~] PMC1% cd /…/
[Peters-iMac:/] PMC1% sudo chown -R root:admin /Applications/WeatherD.app
Password:
Sorry, try again.
Password:
[Peters-iMac:/] PMC1% sudo chmod -R 775 /Applications/WeatherD.app
[Peters-iMac:/] PMC1% sudo chown -R root:admin “/Library/Application Support/wdisplay/”
[Peters-iMac:/] PMC1% cd /…/
cd /Applications/WeatherD.app/contents/Resources/
./cronftpreal
[Peters-iMac:/] PMC1% cd /Applications/WeatherD.app/contents/Resources/
[Peters-iMac:WeatherD.app/contents/Resources] PMC1% ./cronftpreal
program execute location ./
location of ini files via location.txt /Library/Application Support/wdisplay/
Client raw FTP Upload 22:14:42 5-9-16
FTP real vers 3.8
location of ini files via location.txt /Library/Application Support/wdisplay/
custom flag
client raw location from ini file /Library/Application Support/wdisplay/webfiles
clientraw name =clientraw
Not Using file rename
Port to use 21
Passive mode on
1 3
2 3
3 3
4 3
An unhandled exception occurred at $00012B0A :
EInOutError : Access denied
$00012B0A PASCALMAIN, line 277 of /lazarus/projects/newWD/cronftpreal.lpr

[Peters-iMac:WeatherD.app/contents/Resources] PMC1%

try
move the folder
/Library/Application Support/wdisplay/
to
/Users/[yourusername]/Documents/

then delete the folder in application support