AWS IAM User

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An AWS IAM User is a system user associated to AWS account.



References

2016

2016

  • http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies.html
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    • … Users often have multiple policies that apply to them (but aren't necessarily attached to them). For example, IAM user Bob could have policies attached to him, and other policies attached to the groups he's in. In addition, he might be accessing an Amazon S3 bucket that has its own bucket policy (resource-based policy). All applicable policies are evaluated and the result is always that access is either granted or denied. For more information about the evaluation logic we use, see IAM Policy Evaluation Logic. …