Use GetLoginProfile with an AWS SDK or CLI

To get password information for an IAM user

The following get-login-profile command gets information about the password for the IAM user named Bob.

aws iam get-login-profile \
    --user-name Bob

Output:

{
    "LoginProfile": {
        "UserName": "Bob",
        "CreateDate": "2012-09-21T23:03:39Z"
    }
}

The get-login-profile command can be used to verify that an IAM user has a password. The command returns a NoSuchEntity error if no password is defined for the user.

You cannot view a password using this command. If the password is lost, you can reset the password (update-login-profile) for the user. Alternatively, you can delete the login profile (delete-login-profile) for the user and then create a new one (create-login-profile).

For more information, see Managing passwords for IAM users in the AWS IAM User Guide.

Example 1: This example returns the password creation date and whether a password reset is required for the IAM user David.

Get-IAMLoginProfile -UserName David

Output:

CreateDate                   PasswordResetRequired                 UserName
----------                   ---------------------                 --------
12/10/2014 3:39:44 PM        False                                 David