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[ aws . cognito-idp ]

admin-set-user-mfa-preference

Description

Sets the user's multi-factor authentication (MFA) preference, including which MFA options are activated, and if any are preferred. Only one factor can be set as preferred. The preferred MFA factor will be used to authenticate a user if multiple factors are activated. If multiple options are activated and no preference is set, a challenge to choose an MFA option will be returned during sign-in.

Note

Amazon Cognito evaluates Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies in requests for this API operation. For this operation, you must use IAM credentials to authorize requests, and you must grant yourself the corresponding IAM permission in a policy.

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See also: AWS API Documentation

Synopsis

  admin-set-user-mfa-preference
[--sms-mfa-settings <value>]
[--software-token-mfa-settings <value>]
[--email-mfa-settings <value>]
--username <value>
--user-pool-id <value>
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]

Options

--sms-mfa-settings (structure)

User preferences for SMS message MFA. Activates or deactivates SMS MFA and sets it as the preferred MFA method when multiple methods are available.

Enabled -> (boolean)

Specifies whether SMS message MFA is activated. If an MFA type is activated for a user, the user will be prompted for MFA during all sign-in attempts, unless device tracking is turned on and the device has been trusted.

PreferredMfa -> (boolean)

Specifies whether SMS is the preferred MFA method. If true, your user pool prompts the specified user for a code delivered by SMS message after username-password sign-in succeeds.

Shorthand Syntax:

Enabled=boolean,PreferredMfa=boolean

JSON Syntax:

{
  "Enabled": true|false,
  "PreferredMfa": true|false
}

--software-token-mfa-settings (structure)

User preferences for time-based one-time password (TOTP) MFA. Activates or deactivates TOTP MFA and sets it as the preferred MFA method when multiple methods are available.

Enabled -> (boolean)

Specifies whether software token MFA is activated. If an MFA type is activated for a user, the user will be prompted for MFA during all sign-in attempts, unless device tracking is turned on and the device has been trusted.

PreferredMfa -> (boolean)

Specifies whether software token MFA is the preferred MFA method.

Shorthand Syntax:

Enabled=boolean,PreferredMfa=boolean

JSON Syntax:

{
  "Enabled": true|false,
  "PreferredMfa": true|false
}

--email-mfa-settings (structure)

User preferences for email message MFA. Activates or deactivates email MFA and sets it as the preferred MFA method when multiple methods are available. To activate this setting, advanced security features must be active in your user pool.

Enabled -> (boolean)

Specifies whether email message MFA is active for a user. When the value of this parameter is Enabled , the user will be prompted for MFA during all sign-in attempts, unless device tracking is turned on and the device has been trusted.

PreferredMfa -> (boolean)

Specifies whether email message MFA is the user's preferred method.

Shorthand Syntax:

Enabled=boolean,PreferredMfa=boolean

JSON Syntax:

{
  "Enabled": true|false,
  "PreferredMfa": true|false
}

--username (string)

The username of the user that you want to query or modify. The value of this parameter is typically your user's username, but it can be any of their alias attributes. If username isn't an alias attribute in your user pool, this value must be the sub of a local user or the username of a user from a third-party IdP.

--user-pool-id (string)

The ID of the user pool where you want to set a user's MFA preferences.

--cli-input-json (string) Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command's default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

  • json
  • text
  • table

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

  • on
  • off
  • auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

Examples

Note

To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.

Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal's quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .

To set the user MFA preference

This example sets the SMS MFA preference for username diego@example.com.

Command:

aws cognito-idp admin-set-user-mfa-preference --user-pool-id us-west-2_aaaaaaaaa --username diego@example.com --sms-mfa-settings Enabled=false,PreferredMfa=false

Output

None