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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. DeleteUser
NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

DeleteUser

Deletes the specified IAM user.

You must delete the items (for example, access keys, policies) that are attached to the user manually before you delete the user.

Request Parameters

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

  • UserName

    The name of the user to delete.

    Type: String

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

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

    Required: Yes

Errors

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

  • DeleteConflict

    The request was rejected because it attempted to delete a resource that has attached subordinate entities. The error message describes these entities.

    HTTP Status Code: 409

  • 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=DeleteUser
&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>1648214899748730966</RequestId>
  </ResponseMetadata>
</DeleteUserResponse>

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