title: AccessDeniedException: 403 Forbidden on GCS using owner account
body: <p>I have tried to access files in a bucket and I keep getting access denied on the files. I can see them in the GCS console but can access them through that and cannot access them through gsutil either running the command below.</p>
  
  <p><code>gsutil cp gs://my-bucket/folder-a/folder-b/mypdf.pdf files/</code></p>
  
  <p>But all this returns is <code>AccessDeniedException: 403 Forbidden</code></p>
  
  <p>I can list all the files and such but not actually access them. I've tried adding my user to the acl but that still had no effect. All the files were uploaded from a VM through a fuse mount which worked perfectly and just lost all access.</p>
  
  <p>I've checked these posts but none seem to have a solution thats helped me</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27174239/cant-access-resource-as-owner-despite-the-fact-im-the-owner">Can&#39;t access resource as OWNER despite the fact I&#39;m the owner</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27275063/gsutil-copy-returning-accessdeniedexception-403-insufficient-permission-from">gsutil copy returning &quot;AccessDeniedException: 403 Insufficient Permission&quot; from GCE</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25190365/gsutil-cors-set-command-returns-403-accessdeniedexception">gsutil cors set command returns 403 AccessDeniedException</a></p>