How to run GAM after installation and initial setup

[Austin]

Hello,

Just discovered GAM and have a newbie question. I installed GAM, configured and worked great to do what I needed.

I'm on latest version of Mac OS so using Terminal and latest version of GAM (4.21). GAM is installed in bin/gam but I don't know how to run it.

Opening bin/gam/gam executable

shows:

Usage: gam [OPTIONS]...

GAM. Retrieve or set G Suite domain,

user, group and alias settings. Exhaustive list of commands

can be found at: https://github.com/jay0lee/GAM/wiki

Examples:

gam info domain

gam create user jsmith firstname John lastname Smith password secretpass

gam update user jsmith suspended on

gam.exe update group announcements add member jsmith

...

logout

Saving session...

...copying shared history...

...saving history...truncating history files...

...completed.

[Process completed]

But I'm unable to run any commands or enter any text in the Terminal session.

Thanks,

Austin

[+KimNilsson]

It is a terminal program, so you have to type the exact and complete command what you want GAM to do.

You definitely need to read the wiki.

[PJ1004]

Try running this from your Terminal.app:

echo "export PATH=\"~/bin/gam/:\$PATH\"" > ~/.bash_profile

Then quit the terminal and try typing:

gam info org "/"

...and see if it has worked.

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PJ

[TLuther]

The wiki kind of fails to explain getting started post setup. 

When I try to run a command, Terminal just returns 

gam: command not found 

There doesn't seem to be any documentation regarding whether you need to initiate a session or enter your g suite credentials. 

[Kim Nilsson]

It's true that there are things "missing".

However, there should also be a sort of lowest requirement of knowledge of how to use the terminal before one even tries to venture into using terminal tools. There are probably tens of thousands of websites that explain how to set up an alias, and all other basic functions of the terminal. So you can't really fault the developers of this particular terminal tool. 

Also, isn't the wiki editable? Usually, resources on github are all editable, or at least amendable/forkable, so anyone can add the necessary text and do a pull request, so the devs don't have to do everything themselves. 

[✉ Kevin Melillo]

Also, when the install process is done, the alias is set up for you, but you usually have to exit, and re-enter the terminal for any of the aliases to be active.  Have you given that a try?

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