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Use PutUserPermissionsBoundary with a CLI

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Use PutUserPermissionsBoundary with a CLI - AWS Identity and Access Management

The following code examples show how to use PutUserPermissionsBoundary.

CLI
AWS CLI

Example 1: To apply a permissions boundary based on a custom policy to an IAM user

The following put-user-permissions-boundary example applies a custom policy named intern-boundary as the permissions boundary for the specified IAM user.

aws iam put-user-permissions-boundary \
    --permissions-boundary arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/intern-boundary \
    --user-name intern

This command produces no output.

Example 2: To apply a permissions boundary based on an AWS managed policy to an IAM user

The following put-user-permissions-boundary example applies the AWS managed pollicy named PowerUserAccess as the permissions boundary for the specified IAM user.

aws iam put-user-permissions-boundary \
    --permissions-boundary arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/PowerUserAccess \
    --user-name developer

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Adding and removing IAM identity permissions in the AWS IAM User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example shows how to set the Permission boundary for the user. You can set AWS Managed policies or Custom policies as permission boundary. 

Set-IAMUserPermissionsBoundary -UserName joe -PermissionsBoundary arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/intern-boundary
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AWS CLI

Example 1: To apply a permissions boundary based on a custom policy to an IAM user

The following put-user-permissions-boundary example applies a custom policy named intern-boundary as the permissions boundary for the specified IAM user.

aws iam put-user-permissions-boundary \
    --permissions-boundary arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/intern-boundary \
    --user-name intern

This command produces no output.

Example 2: To apply a permissions boundary based on an AWS managed policy to an IAM user

The following put-user-permissions-boundary example applies the AWS managed pollicy named PowerUserAccess as the permissions boundary for the specified IAM user.

aws iam put-user-permissions-boundary \
    --permissions-boundary arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/PowerUserAccess \
    --user-name developer

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Adding and removing IAM identity permissions in the AWS IAM User Guide.

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using this service with an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.

Related resources

AWS Identity and Access Management API Reference
AWS CLI commands for AWS Identity and Access Management
SDKs & Tools 

Related resources

AWS Identity and Access Management API Reference
AWS CLI commands for AWS Identity and Access Management
SDKs & Tools 
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