whoamiaws

alias whoiamaws="aws iam get-user"

aws iam get-user
An error occurred (AccessDenied) when calling the GetUser operation: User: arn:aws:sts::0123456789:assumed- role/ROLE_NAME/YOURusername is not authorized to perform: iam:GetUser on resource:  user YOURusername

aws iam get-user
An error occurred (ValidationError) when calling the GetUser operation: Must specify userName when calling with non-User credentials

aws iam get-user --user-name your-non-existant-user
An error occurred (NoSuchEntity) when calling the GetUser operation: The user with name your-non-existant-user cannot be found. 

Related terms

• whoami
• suaws
• awswhoami: aws iam get-user
• Bash: alias, .zprofile
• aws iam list-account-aliases
• aws iam list-attached-user-policies --user-name
• AWS_REGION
• aws configure get region

See also

• aws iam [ create-user, create-group, get-user, list-users | list-policies | list-attached-user-policies | attach-user-policy | list-attached-user-policies | list-roles | get-account-summary | put-group-policy | put-role-policy | put-user-policy | create-login-profile | aws iam delete-virtual-mfa-device | aws iam list-virtual-mfa-devices | aws iam create-saml-provider | aws iam list-account-aliases | aws iam create-role | aws iam change-password| enable-mfa-device | list-instance-profiles
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