gcloud 403 permission errors with wrong project - google-cloud-platform

Question

I used to work at a company and had setup my gcloud previously with gcloud init or gcloud auth login (I don't recall which one). We were using google container engine (GKE).
I've since left the company and been removed from the permissions on that project.
Now today, I wanted to setup a brand new app engine for myself unrelated to the previous company.
Why is it that I cant run any commands without getting the below error? gcloud init, gcloud auth login or even gcloud --help or gcloud config list all display errors. It seems like it's trying to login to my previous company's project with gcloud container cluster but I'm not typing that command at all and am in a differerent zone and interested in a different project. Where is my config for gcloud getting these defaults?
Is this a case where I need to delete my .config/gcloud folder? Seems rather extreme of a solution just to login to a different project?
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/Caskroom/google-cloud-sdk/latest/google-cloud-sdk/lib/gcloud.py", line 65, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/local/Caskroom/google-cloud-sdk/latest/google-cloud-sdk/lib/gcloud.py", line 61, in main
sys.exit(googlecloudsdk.gcloud_main.main())
File "/usr/local/Caskroom/google-cloud-sdk/latest/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/gcloud_main.py", line 130, in main
gcloud_cli = CreateCLI([])
File "/usr/local/Caskroom/google-cloud-sdk/latest/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/gcloud_main.py", line 119, in CreateCLI
generated_cli = loader.Generate()
File "/usr/local/Caskroom/google-cloud-sdk/latest/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/calliope/cli.py", line 329, in Generate
cli = self.__MakeCLI(top_group)
File "/usr/local/Caskroom/google-cloud-sdk/latest/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/calliope/cli.py", line 517, in __MakeCLI
log.AddFileLogging(self.__logs_dir)
File "/usr/local/Caskroom/google-cloud-sdk/latest/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/core/log.py", line 676, in AddFileLogging
_log_manager.AddLogsDir(logs_dir=logs_dir)
File "/usr/local/Caskroom/google-cloud-sdk/latest/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/core/log.py", line 365, in AddLogsDir
self._CleanUpLogs(logs_dir)
File "/usr/local/Caskroom/google-cloud-sdk/latest/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/core/log.py", line 386, in _CleanUpLogs
self._CleanLogsDir(logs_dir)
File "/usr/local/Caskroom/google-cloud-sdk/latest/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/core/log.py", line 412, in _CleanLogsDir
os.remove(log_file_path)
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Users/terence/.config/gcloud/logs/2017.07.27/19.07.37.248117.log'
And the log file:
/Users/terence/.config/gcloud/logs/2017.07.27/19.07.37.248117.log
2017-07-27 19:07:37,252 DEBUG root Loaded Command Group: ['gcloud', 'container']
2017-07-27 19:07:37,253 DEBUG root Loaded Command Group: ['gcloud', 'container', 'clusters']
2017-07-27 19:07:37,254 DEBUG root Loaded Command Group: ['gcloud', 'container', 'clusters', 'get_credentials']
2017-07-27 19:07:37,330 DEBUG root Running [gcloud.container.clusters.get-credentials] with arguments: [--project: "REMOVED_PROJECT", --zone: "DIFFERENT_ZONE", NAME: "REMOVED_CLUSTER_NAME"]
2017-07-27 19:07:37,331 INFO ___FILE_ONLY___ Fetching cluster endpoint and auth data.
2017-07-27 19:07:37,591 DEBUG root (gcloud.container.clusters.get-credentials) ResponseError: code=403, message=Required "container.clusters.get" permission for "projects/REMOVED_PROJECT/zones/DIFFERENT_ZONE/clusters/REMOVED_CLUSTER_NAME".
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/Caskroom/google-cloud-sdk/latest/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/calliope/cli.py", line 712, in Execute
resources = args.calliope_command.Run(cli=self, args=args)
File "/usr/local/Caskroom/google-cloud-sdk/latest/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/calliope/backend.py", line 871, in Run
resources = command_instance.Run(args)
File "/usr/local/Caskroom/google-cloud-sdk/latest/google-cloud-sdk/lib/surface/container/clusters/get_credentials.py", line 69, in Run
cluster = adapter.GetCluster(cluster_ref)
File "/usr/local/Caskroom/google-cloud-sdk/latest/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/api_lib/container/api_adapter.py", line 213, in GetCluster
raise api_error
HttpException: ResponseError: code=403, message=Required "container.clusters.get" permission for "projects/REMOVED_PROJECT/zones/DIFFERENT_ZONE/clusters/REMOVED_CLUSTER_NAME".
2017-07-27 19:07:37,596 ERROR root (gcloud.container.clusters.get-credentials) ResponseError: code=403, message=Required "container.clusters.get" permission for "projects/REMOVED_PROJECT/zones/DIFFERENT_ZONE/clusters/REMOVED_CLUSTER_NAME".

Answer 1

I had to delete my .config/gcloud to make this work although I don't believe that is a good "solution".

Answer 2

Okay so not sure if things have changed but ran into a similar issue. Please try this before nuking your configuration.
gcloud supports multiple accounts and you can see what account is active by running gcloud auth list.
ACTIVE ACCOUNT
* Work-Email#company.com
Personal-Email#gmail.com
If you are not on the correct one, you can do
$ gcloud config set account Personal-Email#gmail.com
And it'll set the correct account. Running a gcloud auth list again should show the ACTIVE now on your personal.
if you haven't auth'd into your personal, you'll need to login. You can rungcloud auth login Personal-Email#gmail.com and follow the flow from there and then return to the above.
Make sure to set PROJECT_ID or whatever things you may need when switching.
Now from there I found it's STILL possible that you might not be auth'd correctly. I think for this, you may need to restart your terminal session or even simply doing a source ~/.bash_profile was sufficient. (Perhaps I needed to do this to refresh the GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS environment variable but I'm not sure).
Hope this helps. Try this before nuking

Answer 3

Rename / delete config/gcloud/logs folder and try Instead of deleting .config/gcloud folder.
This Solution worked for me :)