Google Drive api scope and file access (drive vs drive.files) - google-api

I have created two refresh tokens for me:
one for
SCOPE = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive'
and another
SCOPE = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file'
I'm trying to get information about files (using get method)
Some files I can get when using SCOPE drive.files, and some only when using wider scope drive
But I can not figure out what is the reason for that? Files are located in different folders but have one shared root folder.

The difference is that 'drive.file' only gives you permission to files that your app has created or the user has explicitly shared with your app, whereas 'drive' gives your app permission to see the all the files in the user's drive.
See
https://developers.google.com/drive/web/scopes

You should really look into using drive.file, that is where they are trying to push users. I was just fighting with this myself and found that if you use the drive.file scope, you can then subsequently open the file that is chosen using the API for the file type, but only if you set the correct AppID.
See here: https://developers.google.com/picker/docs/#gdata
This allows you to get past the 404 error that you get if you don't set the AppID.

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Windows Share Permissions for Domain Admins not working

I'm setting up a new share that I've enabled enumerated access on. I'm looking to limit people access to files on a certain folder. I've setup other folders that restrict access unless your in a security group. This folder thats giving me trouble was copied over from another network share. When I create a folder from scratch everything works fine so I'm curious if thats whats giving me issues.
The folder I'm trying to access is
x:/Limerock/Projects/"Project Name"
If I go into the security tab and check my effective access it says that I have full control:
The user I'm signed into is joe.jankowiak which is part of the Domain Admins security group. Domain Admins owns all the folders in above this and has full control.
When trying to enter the folder it tells me I need to request permission. I'm an admin so it goes through and adds "joe.jankowiak" to the full control list in the security permissions.
Why is it not taking my domain admin credentials to enter this folder? I'm seeing other weird behavior such as it saying "Unable to display current owner." and "You must have read permissions to view the properties of this object". Clicking continue lets me see it.
Everything looks right, I've setup 6 other new folders in the exact same manner and they work fine. I've signed in and out many times but it hasn't fixed it. Weird enough, another computer I signed into lets me access the folder just fine. Is there a way to reload file permissions since logging in/out doesn't seem to do it. Is there a command like gpupdate that I should run?
I have seen this before andyou might need to do the following operations in order:
-Replace Ownership on the folder and replace all child object ownership too=>apply or OK
-Close the security properties and re-open it again
-Add Domain Admins as full control and Replace all child object permissions... =>apply/OK
That should do it

Add read permission for all administrators to a copied file

Problem is simple my application copies some file from one location to another.
File at destination folder should be readable by all administrators of computer without elevating privileges.
I've found an API which should do it:
SetNamedSecurityInfoW
SetKernelObjectSecurity
But I'm not fluent with Windows API and this security API is quite complex, so I need help ho to use this API.
Main problem I have is how to get psidGroup? Other stuff is obvious or I can just provide a NULL.
Or is there a better API so I can add this read permission for administrators while file is copied?
psidGroup in SetNamedSecurityInfo is used to change owner or group of the file. There is an example on msdn, get the old Security Info first, then modify(SetEntriesInAcl) and submit(SetNamedSecurityInfo). If you want to set the permission of the a group, set the EXPLICIT_ACCESS.Trustee.TrusteeType to TRUSTEE_IS_GROUP, then you can set the a permission for a group.

classic asp create text file on webserver: error 800a0034 Bad_file_name_or_number

I have a classic asp page in VBS and I am trying to create a file on the web server with the following code.
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set file1 = fso.CreateTextFile("\\localhost\inetpub\wwwroot\cs\batch\123456dirs.bat", true)
This returns the following error:
|666|800a0034|Bad_file_name_or_number
Line 666 is the CreateTextFile line.
According to the Microsoft docs, this means that I'm trying to create a file with an invalid filename. Then it explains the rules for filenames and mine appears to be perfectly valid.
Any suggestions or ideas on how I can further troubleshoot this?
first thing to check to make sure your users have access to the folder. Assuming you're not using windows authentication, make sure IUSR account has write access to the folder.
second, unless inetpub is set up as a share to folder, you're syntax won't work. if the root of your website is located in the CS folder, you can do something like:
Set file1 = fso.CreateTextFile(Server.MapPath( "/cs/batch/123456dirs.bat" ), true)
The createtextfile() function runs on the web server but in the context of the local server itself. Simply put, any path you give it must resolve as if you were logged on to a windows desktop on the server and tried to CD to that path.
The format \localhost... is a UNC path. See this question for a discussion about UNC paths and windows. Unless you know for sure that there is a UNC path mapped for \localhost then that is probably your issue. You may be making the assumption the \localhost will be a reasonable path to use, but as I said unless you know for sure it is available then this is an invalid choice.
Lastly, if you decide to set up a share for \localhost, you will be getting in to some interesting territory around the user context that the web server operates in. You see you will have to set up the share for the IIS user that is configured as the run-as identity for IIS, so you will need to know that and create the required config to give that user the share.
If it were me, I would switch to using a standard windows path, although even then you need to appreciate the run-as user context and security config, etc.

With GroceryCrud, how can I put uploads above application root?

I'm using GroceryCRUD to act as a front end for a database containing news releases. Secretaries can go in and add/edit/delete news releases in the database easily now. Only qualified users are able to access the application root via an .htaccess password. The problem with this is that GroceryCRUD uploads assets such as photos are uploaded to the directory /www/approot/assets/uploads/ which is password protected since /approot/ is protected.
My ideal solution would be to set an upload directory outside of the application root which is where I'm running into trouble. By default this is how GroceryCRUD handles uploads:
$this->grocery_crud->set_field_upload('photo1','assets/uploads/');
I've tried changing it to something like this:
$this->grocery_crud->set_field_upload('photo1','/public/assets/uploads/');
I was hoping this / would make the path start from the document root instead of the application root, but it throws this error:
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'It
seems that the folder "/Users/myusername/www/approot//public/assets/uploads/"
for the field name "photo1" doesn't exists.
This seems to suggest that CI or GroceryCRUD just takes the second argument in set_upload field and just concatenates it onto the end of the site URL that is defined. Is there any way around this that doesn't involve creating a user login system?
Try using relative path.
$this->grocery_crud->set_field_upload('photo1','../assets/uploads/');
.. -> Go up one directory
I ended up implementing a login system outlined in this tutorial:
http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/easy-authentication-with-codeigniter/
It was quite simple to set up and suits my needs. I found ways to give access to the directory using httpd.conf directives but I feel like this was a more viable solution since I don't have direct access to server configuration files.
Maybe in the future GroceryCRUD will allow placement of uploads outside the application folder.

DocsList findFolder() issue

This is a google spreadsheet script question.
I have a GUI setup in order to search for "SouthWest" and then find a "test" sheet. This is the code I am using.
var file = DocsList.getFolder("SouthWest").find("test");
This works just fine when I run it under my account (as I have this folder and file setup correctly) but when another user is logged into google docs it will attempt to search for this folder/file under the new user instead of the owner of the document. Is there a way to have it just search the DocsList of the owner of the spreadsheet that is currently open? The error that I get under the new user is "Error encountered: Cannot find folder SouthWest." Thanks.
If you always want to access the same file, you can use the getFileById method and address it directly instead of searching every time:
https://developers.google.com/apps-script/class_docslist#getFileById
Of course, you should make sure that all users are allowed to access that file.

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