What is the problem you are having with rclone?
I have folders shared with me. I would like to download the folders, but not upload the folders. This way if I accidentally change a file it is only for my local copy. I don't have any problems with the Sync to my local machine. When I sync to Drive using --drive-auth-owner-only it still updates any files that I have changed.
In my test, the Travel folder is shared with me. It contains three files that are not owned by me. I download these files to my local machine. Then I edit one file and re-sync. On Drive I see the new edited file with the changes I made. My assumption is that by using --drive-auth-owner-only, my changes wouldn't make it back to drive. Is this the correct assumption?
thanks
What is your rclone version (output from rclone version)
rclone v1.53.3 (I don't see anything in the release documentation for 1.54 about this feature)
Which OS you are using and how many bits (eg Windows 7, 64 bit)
Linux Manjaro Release 20.2.1 64-bit
Which cloud storage system are you using? (eg Google Drive)
Google Drive
The command you were trying to run (eg rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp)
rclone sync /home/mff/Data/Work/CCC/Travel/ CCC:/Travel/ -Lu --drive-skip-gdocs -vv --exclude /PCC/** --log-file /home/mff/logs/SyncCCC.log --exclude-from /home/mff/bin/syncCCC_Excludes --drive-auth-owner-only
The rclone config contents with secrets removed.
[CCC]
type = drive
client_id = id
client_secret = secret
scope = drive
token = {"access_token":"token"}
root_folder_id = folder_id
A log from the command with the -vv flag
2021/02/08 14:15:11 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.53.3" starting with parameters ["rclone" "sync" "/home/mff/Data/Work/CCC/Travel/" "CCC:/Travel/" "-Lu" "--drive-skip-gdocs" "-vv" "--exclude" "/PCC/**" "--log-file" "/home/mff/logs/SyncCCC.log" "--exclude-from" "/home/mff/bin/syncCCC_Excludes" "--drive-auth-owner-only"]
2021/02/08 14:15:11 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "/home/mff/Data/Work/CCC/Travel/"
2021/02/08 14:15:11 DEBUG : Using config file from "/home/mff/.config/rclone/rclone.conf"
2021/02/08 14:15:11 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "CCC:/Travel/"
2021/02/08 14:15:11 DEBUG : fs cache: renaming cache item "CCC:/Travel/" to be canonical "CCC:Travel"
2021/02/08 14:15:11 DEBUG : Google drive root 'Travel': Waiting for checks to finish
2021/02/08 14:15:11 DEBUG : Google drive root 'Travel': Waiting for transfers to finish
2021/02/08 14:15:13 DEBUG : exam1.tex: MD5 = a29afb1a00bf168d4fe9842cc649c1bd OK
2021/02/08 14:15:13 INFO : exam1.tex: Copied (new)
2021/02/08 14:15:13 DEBUG : user-overrides.js: MD5 = 99a6475f4c7af3f9b9ec1dd5c1b083cd OK
2021/02/08 14:15:13 INFO : user-overrides.js: Copied (new)
2021/02/08 14:15:13 DEBUG : mychart.pdf: MD5 = 8c4dffe99446620fef98863e7f35533c OK
2021/02/08 14:15:13 INFO : mychart.pdf: Copied (new)
2021/02/08 14:15:13 DEBUG : Waiting for deletions to finish
2021/02/08 14:15:13 INFO :
Transferred: 223.878k / 223.878 kBytes, 100%, 147.286 kBytes/s, ETA 0s
Transferred: 3 / 3, 100%
Elapsed time: 2.4s
2021/02/08 14:15:13 DEBUG : 8 go routines active