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Changes the password of the IAM user who is calling this operation. This operation can be performed using the CLI, the Amazon Web Services API, or the My Security Credentials page in the Amazon Web Services Management Console. The Amazon Web Services account root user password is not affected by this operation.
Use UpdateLoginProfile to use the CLI, the Amazon Web Services API, or the Users page in the IAM console to change the password for any IAM user. For more information about modifying passwords, see Managing passwords in the IAM User Guide.
This is an asynchronous operation using the standard naming convention for .NET 4.5 or higher. For .NET 3.5 the operation is implemented as a pair of methods using the standard naming convention of BeginChangePassword and EndChangePassword.
Namespace: Amazon.IdentityManagement
Assembly: AWSSDK.IdentityManagement.dll
Version: 3.x.y.z
public virtual Task<ChangePasswordResponse> ChangePasswordAsync( ChangePasswordRequest request, CancellationToken cancellationToken )
Container for the necessary parameters to execute the ChangePassword service method.
A cancellation token that can be used by other objects or threads to receive notice of cancellation.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| EntityTemporarilyUnmodifiableException | The request was rejected because it referenced an entity that is temporarily unmodifiable, such as a user name that was deleted and then recreated. The error indicates that the request is likely to succeed if you try again after waiting several minutes. The error message describes the entity. |
| InvalidUserTypeException | The request was rejected because the type of user for the transaction was incorrect. |
| LimitExceededException | The request was rejected because it attempted to create resources beyond the current Amazon Web Services account limits. The error message describes the limit exceeded. |
| NoSuchEntityException | The request was rejected because it referenced a resource entity that does not exist. The error message describes the resource. |
| PasswordPolicyViolationException | The request was rejected because the provided password did not meet the requirements imposed by the account password policy. |
| ServiceFailureException | The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure. |
.NET:
Supported in: 8.0 and newer, Core 3.1
.NET Standard:
Supported in: 2.0
.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5 and newer