Transfer ownership error

[JoelC]

I'm trying to change ownership on some files/folders which I've done successfully in the past using the add drivefileacl command but now I'm getting the following error:

Temporary error: sharingRateLimitExceeded - Rate limit exceeded. User message: "Sorry, you have exceeded your sharing quota.", Backing off: 60 seconds, Retry: 7/10

I'm using the command:

gam csv file.csv gam user <currentOwner> add drivefileacl user <newOwner> role Owner

Any ideas why this would be happening?

Thanks!

Joel Criger

[Ullfig, Roberto Alfredo]

There appears to be a quota on the number of sharing changes that can be made over a period of time. Does anyone know what the rate limit is? I need to transfer 2600 files and it transferred about 1300 of them before this error started appearing.

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Roberto Ullfig - rul...@uic.edu
Systems Administrator
Enterprise Applications & Services | Technology Solutions
University of Illinois - Chicago

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[JoelC]

Ross figured out you can get around the limit by adding the new owner as a writer, then another command to update the permission to owner.  So something like this:

gam redirect stdout ./makewriter.txt multiprocess redirect stderr stdout csv files.csv gam user oldowner add drivefileacl ~id user newowner role writer

gam redirect stdout ./makeowner.txt multiprocess redirect stderr stdout csv files.csv gam user oldowner update drivefileacl ~id newowner role owner

[Ullfig, Roberto Alfredo]

Ingenious! Thanks!

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Roberto Ullfig - rul...@uic.edu
Systems Administrator
Enterprise Applications & Services | Technology Solutions
University of Illinois - Chicago

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