User

New-IAMUser

Synopsis

Create a user.

Syntax

New-IAMUser [-Body] <Object> [-SendEmail] [[-EdgeRCFile] <String>] [[-Section] <String>]
 [[-AccountSwitchKey] <String>] [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Creates a user or clones an existing user's role assignments. Optionally, you can send a randomly generated one-time use password to the new user with the -SendEmail switch parameter.

If you send an email with the password directly to the user, the response for this operation doesn't include that password. If you don't send this email, the password is included in the response.

Parameters

-AccountSwitchKey

Account switch key, for use when you have access to multiple accounts and need to specify which one to use. Run Get-AccountSwitchKey to list the account switch keys available to you.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: None
Required: False
Position: 3
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Body

Request body, either as a PSCustomObject or string. This parameter supports pipelining.

Type: Object
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: None
Required: True
Position: 0
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-EdgeRCFile

EdgeRC file to authenticate your command. Defaults to ~/.edgerc.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: None
Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Section

EdgeRC section to retrieve authentication credentials from. Defaults to default.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: None
Required: False
Position: 2
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-SendEmail

Sends a one-time password to the new user.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: None
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

Inputs

System.Object

Outputs

System.Object

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