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<h1 class="topictitle1">Viewing and Modifying User Information</h1>
<div id="body1484269500700"><p id="en-us_topic_0046661675__p1699191844810">You can click the user to view user details. The administrator can change the user status, access method, description, external identity ID, and groups to which the user belongs.</p>
<p id="en-us_topic_0046661675__p294752944613">If the job responsibilities of a user are changed, you can change the permissions assigned for that user by changing the groups which the user belongs to. You can also change the virtual MFA device and access keys of the user by choosing <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b1727185533412">More</strong> &gt; <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b15211185710342">Security Settings</strong> in the row containing the target user. If a user forgot their password or access keys, you can modify the login credentials of the user.</p>
<div class="section" id="en-us_topic_0046661675__section17362720871"><p id="en-us_topic_0046661675__p0641185914718">As an administrator, you can modify the basic information about an IAM user, change the security settings of the user and the groups to which the user belongs, and view or delete the assigned permissions. To view or modify user information, click <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b929813392517">Security Settings</strong> in the row containing the IAM user.</p>
<p id="en-us_topic_0046661675__p1016014114476">To adjust the item columns displayed on the list, click <span><img id="en-us_topic_0046661675__image4682335744" src="en-us_image_0000001524684833.png"></span>. The <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b0565114110512">Username</strong> and <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b17565204110515">Operation</strong> columns are displayed by default, and the <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b126598019011555">Status</strong> column cannot be removed. Optional columns include: User ID, <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b1378844414192">External Identity ID</strong>, <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b1578994411198">Description</strong>, <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b478914445194">Last Login</strong>, <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b147897444190">Created</strong>, <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b1578914412192">Access Type</strong>, <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b187891344181920">MFA Type</strong>, <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b77891244111912">Password Age</strong>, and <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b147891144101919">Access Key (Status, Age, and AK)</strong>.</p>
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<div class="section" id="en-us_topic_0046661675__section1916211354916"><a name="en-us_topic_0046661675__section1916211354916"></a><a name="section1916211354916"></a><h4 class="sectiontitle">Basic Information</h4><p id="en-us_topic_0046661675__p62242130567">You can modify the basic information of IAM users, but cannot modify the basic information of your account. The username, user ID, and creation time can be viewed but cannot be modified.</p>
<ul id="en-us_topic_0046661675__ul143322252207"><li id="en-us_topic_0046661675__li10481132225010"><strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b76866032211555">Status</strong>: New IAM users are enabled by default. You can set <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b434011332111">Status</strong> to <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b39041437181119">Disabled</strong> to disable an IAM user. A disabled user is no longer able to log in to the cloud platform through the management console or programmatic access.</li><li id="en-us_topic_0046661675__li146693231712"><strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b57184660911555">Access Type</strong>: You can change the access type of the IAM user.<div class="note" id="en-us_topic_0046661675__note11111719217"><img src="public_sys-resources/note_3.0-en-us.png"><span class="notetitle"> </span><div class="notebody"><ul id="en-us_topic_0046661675__ul16409193291914"><li id="en-us_topic_0046661675__li19409932131912">Pay attention to the following when you set the access type for an IAM user:<ul id="en-us_topic_0046661675__ul147413541956"><li id="en-us_topic_0046661675__li94741545520">If you intend to enable the user to access cloud services only by using the management console, select <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b671950181215">Management console access</strong>.</li><li id="en-us_topic_0046661675__li347411541654">If you intend to enable the user to access cloud services only by using programmatic access, select <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b8911104611136">Programmatic access</strong>.</li><li id="en-us_topic_0046661675__li154741654059">If the user needs to use a password as the credential for programmatic access to certain APIs, select <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b64080578011555">Programmatic access</strong>.</li><li id="en-us_topic_0046661675__li4474185411512">If the user needs to perform access key verification when using certain services in the console, select both <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b89082016226">Programmatic access</strong> and <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b390172062214">Management console access</strong>.</li></ul>
</li><li id="en-us_topic_0046661675__li180433501910">If the access type of the user is <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b878532721415">Programmatic access</strong> or both <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b1578522713148">Programmatic access</strong> and <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b978502710140">Management console access</strong>, deselecting <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b678522711417">Programmatic access</strong> will restrict the user's access to cloud services. Exercise caution when performing this operation.</li></ul>
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</li><li id="en-us_topic_0046661675__li348192285015"><strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b129585805311555">Description</strong>: You can modify the description of the IAM user.</li><li id="en-us_topic_0046661675__li13713193419317"><strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b211353433811555">External Identity ID</strong>: Identifies an enterprise user in federated login using SSO.</li></ul>
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<div class="section" id="en-us_topic_0046661675__section1388814374718"><h4 class="sectiontitle">User Groups</h4><p id="en-us_topic_0046661675__p5334528114516">An IAM user inherits permissions from the groups to which the user belongs. You can change the permissions assigned for an IAM user by changing the groups to which the user belongs. To modify the permissions of a user group, see <a href="en-us_topic_0085605493.html">Viewing and Modifying User Group Information</a>.</p>
<p id="en-us_topic_0046661675__p927615217167">Your account belongs to the default group <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b121647041611555">admin</strong>, which cannot be changed.</p>
<ul id="en-us_topic_0046661675__ul96216281165"><li id="en-us_topic_0046661675__li2068632113575">Click <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b134134401716">Add to User Group</strong>, and select one or more groups to which the user will belong. The user then inherits permissions of these groups.</li><li id="en-us_topic_0046661675__li46213281168">Click <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b38679096811555">Remove</strong> on the right of a user group and click <strong id="en-us_topic_0046661675__b79605040211555">Yes</strong>. The user no longer has the permissions assigned to the group.</li></ul>
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