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  2. NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  3. S3 Interface for MSDP
  4. Identity and Access Management (IAM) for S3 interface for MSDP
  5. IAM APIs for S3 interface for MSDP
  6. GetUser
NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

GetUser

Retrieves the information about the specified IAM user.

If you do not specify a user name, IAM determines the user name implicitly based on the MSDP S3 access key ID used to sign the request to this operation.

Request Parameters

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

  • UserName

    The name of the user to get information about.

    This parameter is optional. If it is not included, it defaults to the user making the request.

    Type: String

    Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.

    Pattern: [\w+=,.@-]+

    Required: No

Response Elements

The following element is returned by server.

  • User

    A structure with details about the new IAM user.

    Type: User object

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, See Common Error Codes.

  • NoSuchEntity

    The request was rejected because it referenced a resource entity that does not exist. The error message describes the resource.

    HTTP Status Code: 404

  • ServiceFailure

    The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception, or failure.

    HTTP Status Code: 500

Examples

Sample Request:

https://msdps3.veritas.com:8443/?Action=GetUser
&UserName=User1
&Version=2010-05-08
&AUTHPARAMS

Sample Response:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GetUserResponse
  xmlns="https://iam.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-05-08/">
  <ResponseMetadata>
    <RequestId>1648191428931182703</RequestId>
  </ResponseMetadata>
  <GetUserResult>
    <User>
      <CreateDate>2022-03-25T06:57:08Z</CreateDate>
      <UserName>User1</UserName>
    </User>
  </GetUserResult>
</GetUserResponse>

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