Overview

gsutil users can access publicly readable data without obtaining credentials. For example, the gs://uspto-pair bucket contains a number of publicly readable objects, so any user can run the following command without first obtaining credentials:

gsutil ls gs://uspto-pair/applications/0800401*

Users can similarly download objects they find via the above gsutil ls command.

If a user without credentials attempts to access protected data using gsutil, they will be prompted to run “gsutil config” to obtain credentials.

See “gsutil help acls” for more details about data protection.