AmazonIdentityManagementServiceClient.UpdateUser Method (UpdateUserRequest)

Updates the name and/or the path of the specified IAM user.

You should understand the implications of changing an IAM user's path or name. For more information, see Renaming an IAM user and Renaming an IAM group in the IAM User Guide.

To change a user name, the requester must have appropriate permissions on both the source object and the target object. For example, to change Bob to Robert, the entity making the request must have permission on Bob and Robert, or must have permission on all (*). For more information about permissions, see Permissions and policies.

Note:

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

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

Syntax

public virtual UpdateUserResponse UpdateUser(
         UpdateUserRequest request
)

Parameters

request: Type: Amazon.IdentityManagement.Model.UpdateUserRequest

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

Return Value

Type: UpdateUserResponse

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

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ConcurrentModificationException	The request was rejected because multiple requests to change this object were submitted simultaneously. Wait a few minutes and submit your request again.
EntityAlreadyExistsException	The request was rejected because it attempted to create a resource that already exists.
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.
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.
ServiceFailureException	The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure.

Examples

The following command changes the name of the IAM user Bob to Robert. It does not change the user's path.

To change an IAM user's name


var client = new AmazonIdentityManagementServiceClient();
var response = client.UpdateUser(new UpdateUserRequest 
{
    NewUserName = "Robert",
    UserName = "Bob"
});

Version Information

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

AmazonIdentityManagementServiceClient.UpdateUser (UpdateUserRequest)

Method