Disable options to download, print, and copy for commenters and viewers - bulk action possible?

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Immanuel Burton

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Sep 20, 2019, 11:20:42 AM9/20/19
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I have around 30,000 files in various folders in Google Drive, and need to disable the option to download, print, and copy for commenters and viewers.  Doing this manually in a browser is not practical, but is it possible to disable the option to download, etc, for commenters and viewers on files using GAM?  If so, what's the command syntax to do so?

Thank you in advance.

Ross Scroggs

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Sep 20, 2019, 2:35:55 PM9/20/19
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Immanuel,

What information do you have? If you have the owner email address and file ID for each file, then GAM can help.

Ross

On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 8:20 AM Immanuel Burton <ibu...@bialik.ca> wrote:
I have around 30,000 files in various folders in Google Drive, and need to disable the option to download, print, and copy for commenters and viewers.  Doing this manually in a browser is not practical, but is it possible to disable the option to download, etc, for commenters and viewers on files using GAM?  If so, what's the command syntax to do so?

Thank you in advance.

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Immanuel Burton

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Sep 20, 2019, 2:47:18 PM9/20/19
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Hello, Ross.

I have a list of the owner email address and file ID for each file, but I couldn't figure out the GAM syntax to disable the option to download, etc.

Immanuel.


On Friday, 20 September 2019 14:35:55 UTC-4, Ross Scroggs wrote:
Immanuel,

What information do you have? If you have the owner email address and file ID for each file, then GAM can help.

Ross

On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 8:20 AM Immanuel Burton <ibu...@bialik.ca> wrote:
I have around 30,000 files in various folders in Google Drive, and need to disable the option to download, print, and copy for commenters and viewers.  Doing this manually in a browser is not practical, but is it possible to disable the option to download, etc, for commenters and viewers on files using GAM?  If so, what's the command syntax to do so?

Thank you in advance.

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Sep 20, 2019, 3:06:43 PM9/20/19
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Immanuel,

Let's assume the CSV file (userids.csv) has columns: owner, id  (adjust accordingly)
gam csv userids.csv gam user ~owner update drivefile id ~id restricted

Ross

On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 11:47 AM Immanuel Burton <ibu...@bialik.ca> wrote:
Hello, Ross.

I have a list of the owner email address and file ID for each file, but I couldn't figure out the GAM syntax to disable the option to download, etc.

Immanuel.

On Friday, 20 September 2019 14:35:55 UTC-4, Ross Scroggs wrote:
Immanuel,

What information do you have? If you have the owner email address and file ID for each file, then GAM can help.

Ross

On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 8:20 AM Immanuel Burton <ibu...@bialik.ca> wrote:
I have around 30,000 files in various folders in Google Drive, and need to disable the option to download, print, and copy for commenters and viewers.  Doing this manually in a browser is not practical, but is it possible to disable the option to download, etc, for commenters and viewers on files using GAM?  If so, what's the command syntax to do so?

Thank you in advance.

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Immanuel Burton

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Sep 20, 2019, 3:54:18 PM9/20/19
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Hello.

Thank you for your reply.  I'm not sure if it's a GAM version thing or not, but I had to modify the syntax slightly and add the word 'true' on the end, for example:

gam user <user email address> update drivefile id <id> restricted true

Thank you again - knowing about the 'restricted' keyword helped!

Immanuel.


On Friday, 20 September 2019 15:06:43 UTC-4, Ross Scroggs wrote:
Immanuel,

Let's assume the CSV file (userids.csv) has columns: owner, id  (adjust accordingly)
gam csv userids.csv gam user ~owner update drivefile id ~id restricted

Ross

On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 11:47 AM Immanuel Burton <ibu...@bialik.ca> wrote:
Hello, Ross.

I have a list of the owner email address and file ID for each file, but I couldn't figure out the GAM syntax to disable the option to download, etc.

Immanuel.

On Friday, 20 September 2019 14:35:55 UTC-4, Ross Scroggs wrote:
Immanuel,

What information do you have? If you have the owner email address and file ID for each file, then GAM can help.

Ross

On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 8:20 AM Immanuel Burton <ibu...@bialik.ca> wrote:
I have around 30,000 files in various folders in Google Drive, and need to disable the option to download, print, and copy for commenters and viewers.  Doing this manually in a browser is not practical, but is it possible to disable the option to download, etc, for commenters and viewers on files using GAM?  If so, what's the command syntax to do so?

Thank you in advance.

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Sep 20, 2019, 3:56:31 PM9/20/19
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Immanuel,

Sorry, my mistake, you've got it right.

Ross

On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 12:54 PM Immanuel Burton <ibu...@bialik.ca> wrote:
Hello.

Thank you for your reply.  I'm not sure if it's a GAM version thing or not, but I had to modify the syntax slightly and add the word 'true' on the end, for example:

gam user <user email address> update drivefile id <id> restricted true

Thank you again - knowing about the 'restricted' keyword helped!

Immanuel.

On Friday, 20 September 2019 15:06:43 UTC-4, Ross Scroggs wrote:
Immanuel,

Let's assume the CSV file (userids.csv) has columns: owner, id  (adjust accordingly)
gam csv userids.csv gam user ~owner update drivefile id ~id restricted

Ross

On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 11:47 AM Immanuel Burton <ibu...@bialik.ca> wrote:
Hello, Ross.

I have a list of the owner email address and file ID for each file, but I couldn't figure out the GAM syntax to disable the option to download, etc.

Immanuel.

On Friday, 20 September 2019 14:35:55 UTC-4, Ross Scroggs wrote:
Immanuel,

What information do you have? If you have the owner email address and file ID for each file, then GAM can help.

Ross

On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 8:20 AM Immanuel Burton <ibu...@bialik.ca> wrote:
I have around 30,000 files in various folders in Google Drive, and need to disable the option to download, print, and copy for commenters and viewers.  Doing this manually in a browser is not practical, but is it possible to disable the option to download, etc, for commenters and viewers on files using GAM?  If so, what's the command syntax to do so?

Thank you in advance.

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