iam:ChangePassword (Policy)

iam:ChangePassword

Errors

• Either user is not authorized to perform iam:ChangePassword or entered password does not comply with account password policy set by administrator

Solution:

• Remove MFA policy https://serverfault.com/questions/992027/aws-iam-wont-let-my-users-change-their-passwords

 An error occurred (AccessDenied) when calling the ChangePassword operation: User: arn:aws:iam::146910341356:user/MY_USERNAME is not authorized to perform: iam:ChangePassword on resource: user MY_USERNAME with an explicit deny

Examples

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:GetAccountPasswordPolicy",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:ChangePassword",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::account-id-without-hyphens:user/${aws:username}"
    }
  ]
}

Related

• aws iam change-password
• iam:GetAccountPasswordPolicy
• IAMUserChangePassword

See also

• IAM: AWS IAM Identity Center, AWS Identity and Access Management, Google Cloud IAM, Azure IAM, SailPoint, CyberArk, CIAM, ForgeRock, iam:ChangePassword, aws iam, AdministratorAccess, Context keys, IAM Access Analyzer, AWS policy, AWS managed policies, IAMUserChangePassword, AWS Roles, List of AWS policies, Resource-based policy, aws-iam-authenticator, IRSA, RDS Authentication, AccessDenied, AWS Authentication, AWS IAM external access analyzer
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