aws iam get-user

• https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/iam/get-user.html

aws iam get-user
aws iam get-user --user-name XXX

aws iam get-user --help
usage: aws [-h] [--profile PROFILE] [--debug]

options:
  -h, --help         show this help message and exit
  --profile PROFILE
  --debug

Example

aws iam get-user
USER    arn:aws:iam::564057768356:user/my_user        2021-08-05T11:26:03Z    /       XXXXZCTGOUQV8KFNQ5Q3T   read-only

{
    "User": {
        "Path": "/",
        "UserName": "Your_UserName",
        "UserId": "XXXXXOFTKtttttxx",
        "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::0987654321:user/Your_UserName",
        "CreateDate": "2022-03-28T15:22:33+00:00"
    }
}

Errors

An error occurred (SignatureDoesNotMatch) when calling the GetUser operation: Signature expired: 20210825T040407Z is now earlier than 20210825T075941Z (20210825T081441Z - 15 min.)

aws iam get-user
An error occurred (ExpiredToken) when calling the GetUser operation: The security token included in the request is expired

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

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

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

Related terms

• aws configure
• whoamiaws shell alias
• aws iam list-account-aliases
• aws sts get-caller-identity
• InvalidClientTokenId

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
• AWS CLI, aws [ configure | iam | ec2 | ecs | eks | s3 | rds | sts | cloudwatch | cloudformation | cloudfront | eventbridge | lambda ], aws configure list, .aws/credentials, .aws/config, ~/.aws/cli/alias, --output [ table | json | text | XXX ], Aws cli environmental variables: AWS_PROFILE, AWS_DEFAULT_REGION, AWS_REGION, AWS_CLI_AUTO_PROMPT, AWS_SESSION_TOKEN, aws list all, auto-prompt, --version, whoamiaws, --filters, --help