AWS SDK Version 3 for .NET
API Reference

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Retrieves the password policy for the Amazon Web Services account. This tells you the complexity requirements and mandatory rotation periods for the IAM user passwords in your account. For more information about using a password policy, see Managing an IAM password policy.

Note:

For .NET Core this operation is only available in asynchronous form. Please refer to GetAccountPasswordPolicyAsync.

Namespace: Amazon.IdentityManagement
Assembly: AWSSDK.IdentityManagement.dll
Version: 3.x.y.z

Syntax

C#
public virtual GetAccountPasswordPolicyResponse GetAccountPasswordPolicy(
         GetAccountPasswordPolicyRequest request
)

Parameters

request
Type: Amazon.IdentityManagement.Model.GetAccountPasswordPolicyRequest

Container for the necessary parameters to execute the GetAccountPasswordPolicy service method.

Return Value


The response from the GetAccountPasswordPolicy service method, as returned by IdentityManagementService.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
NoSuchEntityException The request was rejected because it referenced a resource entity that does not exist. The error message describes the resource.
ServiceFailureException The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure.

Examples

The following command displays details about the password policy for the current AWS account.

To see the current account password policy


var client = new AmazonIdentityManagementServiceClient();
var response = client.GetAccountPasswordPolicy(new GetAccountPasswordPolicyRequest 
{
});

PasswordPolicy passwordPolicy = response.PasswordPolicy;

            

Version Information

.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5 and newer, 3.5

See Also