A user is trying to create a list of IAM users with the AWS console. When the IAM users are creat-ed which of the below mentioned credentials will be enabled by default for the user?
Suggested Answer:B🗳️
Newly created IAM users have no password and no access key (access key ID and secret access key). If the user needs to administer your AWS resources using the AWS Management Console, you can create a password for the user. If the user needs to interact with AWS programmatically (using the command line interface (CLI), the AWS SDK, or service-specific APIs), you can create an access key for that user. The credentials you create for users are what they use to uniquely identi-fy themselves to AWS. Reference: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/Using_WorkingWithGroupsAndUsers.html
By default, when IAM users are created using the AWS Management Console, no credentials are enabled for the user. The user will not have any IAM passwords or IAM access keys and secret access keys generated automatically. It is up to the administrator or the user to explicitly configure and enable the desired credentials for the IAM user.
Answer C. We are creating a list of IAM users with the AWS Console. Not CLI or API. Therefore IAM Passwords is the only credential that is enabled by default (via console). If we were creating the list of passwords thru API or CLI, the answer would be B. Last note: when creating IAM users via AWS Console you have option for either password or IAM access key, not secret access key. If you don't set the IAM password policy (e.g. length of pw), your IAM users will have default AWS length of pw.
"You can choose the credentials that are right for your IAM user. When you use the AWS Management Console to create a user, you must choose to at least include a console password or access keys. By default, a brand new IAM user created using the AWS CLI or AWS API has no credentials of any kind."
By default, a brand new IAM user created using the AWS CLI or AWS API has no credentials of any kind. You must create the type of credentials for an IAM user based on the needs of your user.
When you create a user, you need to select any one of the below to proceed to the next step:
Select AWS access type
Select how these users will access AWS. Access keys and autogenerated passwords are provided in the last step. Learn more
Access type
Programmatic access
Enables an access key ID and secret access key for the AWS API, CLI, SDK, and other development tools.
AWS Management Console access
Enables a password that allows users to sign-in to the AWS Management Console.
So none of the answer are enabled by default , either C or D should be enabled while creating an IAM user.
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