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DescribePermissions

Describes the permissions for a specified stack.

Required Permissions: To use this action, an IAM user must have a Manage permissions level for the stack, or an attached policy that explicitly grants permissions. For more information on user permissions, see Managing User Permissions.

Request Syntax


{
   "IamUserArn": "string",
   "StackId": "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.

IamUserArn

The user's IAM ARN. This can also be a federated user's ARN. For more information about IAM ARNs, see Using Identifiers.

Type: String

Required: No

StackId

The stack ID.

Type: String

Required: No

Response Syntax


{
   "Permissions": [ 
      { 
         "AllowSsh": boolean,
         "AllowSudo": boolean,
         "IamUserArn": "string",
         "Level": "string",
         "StackId": "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.

Permissions

An array of Permission objects that describe the stack permissions.

If the request object contains only a stack ID, the array contains a Permission object with permissions for each of the stack IAM ARNs.
If the request object contains only an IAM ARN, the array contains a Permission object with permissions for each of the user's stack IDs.
If the request contains a stack ID and an IAM ARN, the array contains a single Permission object with permissions for the specified stack and IAM ARN.

Type: Array of Permission objects

Errors

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

ResourceNotFoundException

Indicates that a resource was not found.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ValidationException

Indicates that a request was not valid.