Use ResyncMfaDevice with a CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Use ResyncMfaDevice with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use ResyncMfaDevice.

CLI
AWS CLI

To synchronize an MFA device

The following resync-mfa-device example synchronizes the MFA device that is associated with the IAM user Bob and whose ARN is arn:aws:iam::123456789012:mfa/BobsMFADevice with an authenticator program that provided the two authentication codes.

aws iam resync-mfa-device \
    --user-name Bob \
    --serial-number arn:aws:iam::210987654321:mfa/BobsMFADevice \
    --authentication-code1 123456 \
    --authentication-code2 987654

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Using multi-factor authentication (MFA) in AWS in the AWS IAM User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example synchronizes the MFA device that is associated with the IAM user Bob and whose ARN is arn:aws:iam::123456789012:mfa/bob with an authenticator program that provided the two authentication codes.

Sync-IAMMFADevice -SerialNumber arn:aws:iam::123456789012:mfa/theresa -AuthenticationCode1 123456 -AuthenticationCode2 987654 -UserName Bob

Example 2: This example synchronizes the IAM MFA device that is associated with the IAM user Theresa with a physical device that has the serial number ABCD12345678 and that provided the two authentication codes.

Sync-IAMMFADevice -SerialNumber ABCD12345678 -AuthenticationCode1 123456 -AuthenticationCode2 987654 -UserName Theresa

  • For API details, see ResyncMfaDevice in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.