WARNING: unable to change permissions for everybody:

Question

When running the Java quickstart sample at https://developers.google.com/drive/web/quickstart/java?hl=hu in NetBeans, I\'m receiving the error code:

Jun 04,         


        

Answer 1

Had the same issue and wasted hours before realizing that "unable to change permissions for owner: C:\Users\Quibbles.credentials\drive-api-quickstart"
is just a warning.

The real issue is the null pointer here.

InputStream in =
            DriveQuickstart.class.getResourceAsStream("/client_secret.json");

This line was the issue in my case. "in" was null and hence the null pointer.

InputStream in    = new FileInputStream("\\client_secret.json");  

This resolved my issue.