Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors See Also

DescribeAccess

Describes the access that is assigned to the specific file transfer protocol-enabled server, as identified by its ServerId property and its ExternalId.

The response from this call returns the properties of the access that is associated with the ServerId value that was specified.

Request Syntax


{
   "ExternalId": "string",
   "ServerId": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

ExternalId

A unique identifier that is required to identify specific groups within your directory. The users of the group that you associate have access to your Amazon S3 or Amazon EFS resources over the enabled protocols using AWS Transfer Family. If you know the group name, you can view the SID values by running the following command using Windows PowerShell.

Get-ADGroup -Filter {samAccountName -like "YourGroupName*"} -Properties * | Select SamAccountName,ObjectSid

In that command, replace YourGroupName with the name of your Active Directory group.

The regular expression used to validate this parameter is a string of characters consisting of uppercase and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces. You can also include underscores or any of the following characters: =,.@:/-

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.

Pattern: S-1-[\d-]+

Required: Yes

ServerId

A system-assigned unique identifier for a server that has this access assigned.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Fixed length of 19.

Pattern: s-([0-9a-f]{17})

Required: Yes

Response Syntax


{
   "Access": { 
      "ExternalId": "string",
      "HomeDirectory": "string",
      "HomeDirectoryMappings": [ 
         { 
            "Entry": "string",
            "Target": "string",
            "Type": "string"
         }
      ],
      "HomeDirectoryType": "string",
      "Policy": "string",
      "PosixProfile": { 
         "Gid": number,
         "SecondaryGids": [ number ],
         "Uid": number
      },
      "Role": "string"
   },
   "ServerId": "string"
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

Access

The external identifier of the server that the access is attached to.

Type: DescribedAccess object

ServerId

A system-assigned unique identifier for a server that has this access assigned.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Fixed length of 19.

Pattern: s-([0-9a-f]{17})

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

InternalServiceError

This exception is thrown when an error occurs in the AWS Transfer Family service.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidRequestException

This exception is thrown when the client submits a malformed request.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

This exception is thrown when a resource is not found by the AWSTransfer Family service.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ServiceUnavailableException

The request has failed because the AWSTransfer Family service is not available.

HTTP Status Code: 500