diff --git a/docs/content/drive.md b/docs/content/drive.md index ad99aece2..05a5c1660 100644 --- a/docs/content/drive.md +++ b/docs/content/drive.md @@ -273,6 +273,12 @@ the magic, pretending to be user foo. - `gdrive:backup` - use the remote called gdrive, work in the folder named backup. +Note: in case you configured a specific root folder on gdrive and rclone is unable to access the contents of that folder when using `--drive-impersonate`, do this instead: + - in the gdrive web interface, share your root folder with the user/email of the new Service Account you created/selected at step #1 + - use rclone without specifying the `--drive-impersonate` option, like this: + `rclone -v foo@example.com lsf gdrive:backup` + + ### Team drives ### If you want to configure the remote to point to a Google Team Drive