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KNM Zeder

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Jul 17, 2018, 4:50:43 PM7/17/18
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Hello,

how can I copy all group settings (except group name and group e-mail)
from one group to another group?

Is this possible with GAM?

Thanks,
Micha

Ross Scroggs

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Jul 17, 2018, 6:35:12 PM7/17/18
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Micha,

How many groups? One or many?

Ross

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Unhappy Buckaroo

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Oct 10, 2019, 11:04:24 AM10/10/19
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Hi Ross:

Micha never responded, so on the off-chance someone else is looking for a solution (as I was) . . . .

I have 16 student groups whose settings I wanted to copy from another group, essentially stripping students of all permissions except "view topics".

As it turns out, the "copyfrom" option when creating new groups also works with the "update group" command, so with a simple csv file listing the student groups the command was:

gam csv student_groups.csv gam select studentdomain.com update group ~group copyfrom group_with_de...@studentdomain.com


On Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 4:35:12 PM UTC-6, Ross Scroggs wrote:
Micha,

How many groups? One or many?

Ross

On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 1:50 PM KNM Zeder <knmz...@wichern-intern.de> wrote:
Hello,

how can I copy all group settings (except group name and group e-mail)
from one group to another group?

Is this possible with GAM?

Thanks,
Micha

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Javier Cárdaba

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Jan 29, 2021, 3:27:30 AM1/29/21
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Dear Ross and Unhappy Buckaroo,

I have the same problem. I want to create a new group based on a template group. I would like to set name, owner and members customized for the new group. Is it possible to achive it with one command?

Thanks in advance for your support.

Kind regards

Ross Scroggs

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Jan 29, 2021, 9:29:38 AM1/29/21
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Javier,


gam create group newg...@domain.com copyfrom templa...@domain.com name "New Group Name"
gam update group newg...@domain.com add owner user ow...@domain.com
gam update group newg...@domain.com add member ...

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Fadhli F

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Aug 30, 2023, 6:21:50 AM8/30/23
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Dear Ross,

Can we update multiple group setting at once for a list of group?
objective: I just want to copy the group access settings, not all settings.

Ross Scroggs

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Aug 31, 2023, 10:34:42 PM8/31/23
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Yes, you can update as many attributes as you like.
. gam update group gr...@domain.com attribute1 value1 attribute2 value2 ...

Ross

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