gsutil AccessDeniedException: 401 Login Required

Question

So I run the following:

gsutil -m cp -R file.png gs://bucket/file.png

And I get the following error message:

Copying file://file.png [Content-Type=application/pdf]...
Uploading   file.png: 42.59 KiB/42.59 KiB    
AccessDeniedException: 401 Login Required
CommandException: 1 files/objects could not be transferred.

I'm not sure what the problem is since I ran config and I can see all my buckets. Does anyone know what I need to do?

Note: I do not have gcloud, I just installed gsutil and ran the config.

Answer 1

Login to Google Cloud is needed for accessing any Cloud service. You need to use below command which will guide you through login steps like typing verification code you generate by opening browser link given in console.

gcloud auth login