AWS Account Root User (Dictionary Entry)

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Last updated: 02-45-2021
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AWS Account Root User

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Definition 1 AWS

The root user of an AWS account, with unlimited privileges on the account and its resources.

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  • AWS

  • Root User

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AWS account root user

When you first create an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account, you begin with a single sign-in identity that has complete access to all AWS services and resources in the account. This identity is called the AWS account root user and is accessed by signing in with the email address and password that you used to create the account.

(AWS, 11/2020, p. 72)
(Online: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id.html)

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