How do I find out which user a given AWS Access Key Id goes to?

Asked Nov 01 '18 at 01:59

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I have several AWS keys floating around. Currently in C:\users\chloe\.aws\credentials I have an aws_access_key_id with lowercase letters (more recent keys seem to be uppercase) and which does not start with AKIA.... How do I find out the user and role to that key? I tried running

>aws iam get-user

An error occurred (InvalidClientTokenId) when calling the GetUser operation: The security token included in the request is invalid.

But I always get an error. I tried changing region in C:\users\chloe\.aws\config to various regions, but still get the same error. (Not sure why the region is specified in a different file from the keys.) I've tried running aws configure and it gives me the prompt for the key, secret, region, and output with the first 3 filled out (starred out keys).

asked Nov 01 '18 at 01:59

Chloe

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Not `AKIA`? What are the first 4? `ASIA`? Something else? – Michael - sqlbot Nov 01 '18 at 03:10
@Michael-sqlbot Yes the first 4 characters are something else... `7g...` – Chloe Nov 01 '18 at 03:17
Then that is probably a Secret Key (like a password), not an Access Key. – John Rotenstein Nov 01 '18 at 05:34
@JohnRotenstein No because the secret key is on the line below, and longer. – Chloe Nov 01 '18 at 19:14
An AWS Access Key will always start with `AKIA` or `ASIA`. – John Rotenstein Nov 01 '18 at 21:44

How do I find out which user a given AWS Access Key Id goes to?

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