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tyteen4a03
tyteen4a03

Reputation: 1932

Google Drive API - Override Owner in Shared Folder

When sharing a folder, is it possible for the owner to override permissions of the files other writers have created under the folder? Hopefully this can be done with a normal Google account, but requiring Google Apps access is also OK (as long as we only need the owner's, not an admin's credentials to do so)

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1050

Answers (1)

Teyam
Teyam

Reputation: 8092

As far as I know, files inside the shared folders inherits the sharing permissions set by the folder owner. Which means that, permissions set by file owners were overridden by the permissions set by the folder owner as demonstrated in this YouTube video - Steegle.com - Google Drive & Docs - Sharing.

However, please note that there are only certain operations which the folder owner can permit and this does not include change of ownership of files as given in Types, roles and values: how the permissions work.

This discussion on Sharing folders vs sharing files - which has priority in Google Docs Help Forum might also help.

Upvotes: 2

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