mc admin user svcacct edit

Important

This command has been replaced and will be deprecated in a future MinIO Client release.

As of MinIO Client RELEASE.2024-10-08T09-37-26Z, use the mc admin accesskey edit command to modify access keys for built-in MinIO IDP users.

To modify access keys for AD/LDAP users, use the mc idp ldap accesskey edit command.

Syntax

The mc admin user svcacct edit command modifies the configuration of an access key associated to the specified user.

The following command applies a new policy and secret key to the myuserserviceaccount access key on the myminio deployment:

mc admin user svcacct edit                                             \
                      --secret-key "myuserserviceaccountnewsecretkey"  \
                      --policy "/path/to/new/policy.json"              \
                      myminio myuserserviceaccount

The command has the following syntax:

mc [GLOBALFLAGS] admin user svcacct edit            \
                                    [--secret-key]  \
                                    [--policy]      \
                                    ALIAS           \
                                    SERVICEACCOUNT

Brackets [] indicate optional parameters.
Parameters sharing a line are mutually dependent.
Parameters separated using the pipe | operator are mutually exclusive.

Copy the example to a text editor and modify as-needed before running the command in the terminal/shell.

Parameters

`ALIAS`

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Required

The alias of the MinIO deployment.

`SERVICEACCOUNT`

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Required

The service account to modify.

`--description`

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Optional

Added: RELEASE.2023-05-18T16-59-00Z

Add a description for the service account. For example, you might specify the reason the service account exists.

`--expiry`

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Optional

Added: RELEASE.2023-05-30T22-41-38Z

Set an expiration date for the service account. The date must be in the future, you may not set an expiration date that has already passed.

Allowed date and time formats:

2023-06-24
2023-06-24T10:00
2023-06-24T10:00:00
2023-06-24T10:00:00Z
2023-06-24T10:00:00-07:00

`--name`

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Optional

Added: RELEASE.2023-05-18T16-59-00Z

Add a human-readable name for the service account.

`--policy`

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Optional

The path to a policy document to attach to the new access key, with a maximum size of 2048 characters. The attached policy cannot grant access to any action or resource not explicitly allowed by the parent user’s policies.

The new policy overwrites any previously attached policy.

`--secret-key`

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Optional

The secret key to associate with the new access key. Overwrites the previous secret key. Applications using the access keys must update to use the new credentials to continue performing operations.

Global Flags

This command supports any of the global flags.

Behavior

S3 Compatibility

The mc commandline tool is built for compatibility with the AWS S3 API and is tested with MinIO and AWS S3 for expected functionality and behavior.

MinIO provides no guarantees for other S3-compatible services, as their S3 API implementation is unknown and therefore unsupported. While mc commands may work as documented, any such usage is at your own risk.

Last modified August 2, 2026: init commit (8338d5b)