Use PutUserPermissionsBoundary with a CLI - AWS Identity and Access Management

Use PutUserPermissionsBoundary with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use PutUserPermissionsBoundary.

CLI
AWS CLI

Example 1: To apply a permissions boundary based on a custom policy to an IAM user

The following put-user-permissions-boundary example applies a custom policy named intern-boundary as the permissions boundary for the specified IAM user.

aws iam put-user-permissions-boundary \
    --permissions-boundary arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/intern-boundary \
    --user-name intern

This command produces no output.

Example 2: To apply a permissions boundary based on an AWS managed policy to an IAM user

The following put-user-permissions-boundary example applies the AWS managed pollicy named PowerUserAccess as the permissions boundary for the specified IAM user.

aws iam put-user-permissions-boundary \
    --permissions-boundary arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/PowerUserAccess \
    --user-name developer

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Adding and removing IAM identity permissions in the AWS IAM User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell V4

Example 1: This example shows how to set the Permission boundary for the user. You can set AWS Managed policies or Custom policies as permission boundary. 

Set-IAMUserPermissionsBoundary -UserName joe -PermissionsBoundary arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/intern-boundary
Tools for PowerShell V5

Example 1: This example shows how to set the Permission boundary for the user. You can set AWS Managed policies or Custom policies as permission boundary. 

Set-IAMUserPermissionsBoundary -UserName joe -PermissionsBoundary arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/intern-boundary

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