In Google Drive, by logging into online accounts, I can open and view the files I have, but since they are read-only, I cannot modify them.
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Can't say I've run into this. All mine can be edited if I so desire via login the way you describe. Can you give us some more information? Like what are you trying to open the documents in? Google docs or something like libreoffice? And is it browser or local, and if browser, what browser? I'm seeing a couple things online from a quick google, but nothing really in terms of simple fixes. I'm just hoping something simple is being missed here.
That being said, if this functionality isn't easily fixed after this, there are other options (such as rclone) that may be better for you regardless. But first we can try to troubleshoot what's going on here.
I have an office file, a Home Bank file and a Kee-Pass file. I can only open them in read mode, I can't save changes.
Office files, yes, it lets me modify them, Home Bank and Kee-Pass, no.
Ok, from my eyes that makes sense, typically these are locked and are required to enter a password/code in order to unlock them? Maybe someone with more experience can chime in, but that's my understanding of those files.
GPG files, too, are encrypted with a hash. You can access them and modify them, but doing so would break them.
Home Bank and KeePass may lock the files with permissions to prevent the files being corrupted.
I know that KeePass files (.kbdx) are encrypted and unlockable only by passing through KeePass.
For security, the application is intended to be the only application handling or modifying .kbdx or .xhb files.
Storing them on Google Drive also means that Google Drive may be able to handle a bit of storage, but see these as specialized files - this may also affect syncing.
EDIT: I should add in good faith... Files of this nature should not be stored anywhere other than locally. That is a security issue.
The files I have on Google Drive do not have sensitive information, they are not very relevant. With Windows 11, I have no problem, but I have tried with other Linux distributions, and some like Big Linux, Mint, etc. work perfectly, however, others do not work.
This seems to vary based on file type.
Are you saying that non-sensitive files have this issue? If so - which filetypes?
I have transferred the files to a pendrive and everything is fine, I keep it at home.
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