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afierro97
Copper Contributor
Nov 02, 2023

Rename-pnpFile gives me access denied with admin rights

Hello!

I have problems renaming my files.

I'm using these commands:

#this is one command i tried
connect-pnponline -url "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/Clients" -interactive -validateconnection
$file = Get-PnPFile -Url "/sites/Clients/folder/subfolder/IT_testi_password.txt"
Rename-PnPFile -SiteRelativeUrl $file -TargetFileName "renamedfile.txt" -Force -Verbose

# this is another
connect-pnponline -url "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/Clients" -interactive -validateconnection
Rename-PnPFile -SiteRelativeUrl "/sites/Clients/folder/subfolder/IT_testi_password.txt" -TargetFileName "renamed.txt" -Force -Verbose

I tried those commands too with overwrite but I only get access denied (I dont know what is checking to say me that because i can put everything in the source and it says me same )

 

the error:

#I'm putting this error to show that i can put anything i want

Line |
   4 |  Rename-PnPFile -SiteRelativeUrl "asrfeqrew" -TargetFileName "workingc …
     |  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | Access denied.
PS /Users/user> 

#and this one is a common one
Rename-PnPFile: /Users/user/Desktop/project/Scripts/Untitled-1.ps1:4:1
Line |
   4 |  Rename-PnPFile -SiteRelativeUrl "/sites/Clients/folder/subfolder/IT_testi_password.txt" -T …
     |  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | Access denied.

I'm using visual studio with a mac and have Sharepoint administrator right, also i can rename the same file via web.

 

Can someone help me with this problem?

 

 

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  • luis-ribeiro's avatar
    luis-ribeiro
    Brass Contributor
    Nov 03, 2023

    Hi afierro97 

     

    I believe is not a permission issue. Use ServerRelativeUrl instead of SiteRelativeUrl and put the url of the file instead of the $file object.

    Rename-PnPFile -ServerRelativeUrl  "/sites/MySite/Shared Documents/myfolder/myfile.txt" -TargetFileName "renamedfile.txt" -Force -Verbose

     

    • afierro97's avatar
      afierro97
      Copper Contributor
      Nov 03, 2023
      Hi Luis,
      I've tried that and gave me the same error.
      Thanks for your help!
      I believe too that is not a permission issue but i dont know what to do or how to debbug the error
      • luis-ribeiro's avatar
        luis-ribeiro
        Brass Contributor
        Nov 03, 2023

        Hi afierro97 

        Just to make it clear, in your example "/sites/Clients/folder/subfolder/" note that folder should be the library url and then your folders

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