Delegate user access to a group

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Bassel Massamiri

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Aug 24, 2023, 2:05:40 PM8/24/23
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Hello,

Is it possible to delegate access to a group instead of a user via GAM.

Apps>Google Workspace>Settings for Gmail>User Settings

Mail delegation > Allow users to grant their mailbox access to a Google group

Thanks,


Ross Scroggs

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Aug 24, 2023, 2:23:20 PM8/24/23
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I don't think so, send me a Meet/Zoom invitation.

Ross

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Maj Marshall Giguere

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Aug 24, 2023, 2:24:03 PM8/24/23
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It should be possible with gam.

$> gam user some...@example.com add delegate some...@example.com

I have done this in the past.

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Maj Marshall Giguere

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Aug 24, 2023, 2:26:36 PM8/24/23
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I just tried it and it seems to work just fine.

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Bassel Massamiri

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Aug 24, 2023, 2:31:59 PM8/24/23
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For me it says invalid delegate

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Running on GAMADV-XTD3 6.63.06

Maj Marshall Giguere

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Aug 24, 2023, 2:53:03 PM8/24/23
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That's odd.  It works perfectly for me.  Are you sure "googl...@test.cogeco.com" is a valid user.  Do you have privileges sufficient including service account access?

gam user alpaca add delegate tes...@my.domain.com
User: alp...@my.domain.com, Add 1 Delegate
  User: alp...@my.domain.com Delegate: tes...@my.domain.com Added
meg@amon:ReadyOps> gam user alpaca show delegates
User: alp...@my.domain.com Show 1 Delegate
  Delegate: tes...@my.domain.com
    Status: accepted
meg@amon:ReadyOps> 

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Chas Lab

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Nov 12, 2023, 11:52:06 PM11/12/23
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I'm seeing a similar issue.

New mailbox created in Google Workspace.

Tried to delegate access to a newly created group running 'gam user *** add delegate ***@*****"
Getting "Failed: Invalid Delegate"

Tried to delegate access to an existing group = same error.

Will wait to see if it's due to the mailbox being recently created, there could be a delay before group delegation can be set.

Regards,
Chas

Chas Lab

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Nov 13, 2023, 4:36:09 AM11/13/23
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Just to add more findings:

Using gamadv:
- I am able to add group delegation to an existing mailbox
- I am able to add user delegation to an existing mailbox
- I am able to add user delegation to the new mailbox
- I am unable to add group delegation to the new mailbox
- Group delegation does work fine via web UI, however when running 'show delegates' nothing is returned.

Regards,
Chas
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