ds:describeClientAuthenticationSettings

Literal appearances in AWS managed IAM policies. Statements that use wildcards (for example s3:*) are not counted here. This is not an IAM authorization simulation.

Policies (any)

2

Allow (Action)

2

Deny (Action)

0

NotAction

0

Index generated 4/7/2026, 3:29:24 AM. 559 policies include at least one wildcard action string (any service).

Action reference

SAR-style (unofficial)

Service: AWS Directory Service

Access level

Read

Description

Grants permission to retrieve information about the type of client authentication for the specified directory, if the type is specified. If no type is specified, information about all client authentication types that are supported for the specified directory is retrieved. Currently, only SmartCard is supported

Resource types

  • directory*

Allow (Action)

Deny (Action)

None

NotAction

None

Thanks to Ian McKay for iam-dataset (MIT), structured data derived from the AWS Service Authorization Reference. Not maintained by AWS and not guaranteed current. IAMTrail's managed policy archive is separate.

Definitions bundle generated 4/7/2026, 3:29:24 AM