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Resource Access Management:UpdateUser

Last Updated:Jul 31, 2026

Invokes UpdateUser to modify the information of a Resource Access Management (RAM) user.

Operation description

This topic provides an example to show how to modify the name of a RAM user from test@example.onaliyun.com to new@example.onaliyun.com.

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Test

RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

ram:UpdateUser

update

*User

acs:ram::{#accountId}:user/{#UserName}

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

UserPrincipalName

string

No

The logon name of the specified Resource Access Management (RAM) user.

Note

You must specify either the UserPrincipalName or UserId parameter, but not both.

test@example.onaliyun.com

UserId

string

No

The ID of the specified Resource Access Management (RAM) user.

Note

You must specify either the UserPrincipalName or UserId parameter, but not both.

20732900249392****

NewUserPrincipalName

string

No

The new logon name of the Resource Access Management (RAM) user.

The format is <username>@<AccountAlias>.onaliyun.com, where <username> is the RAM username and <AccountAlias>.onaliyun.com is the default domain name.

The UserPrincipalName must be 1 to 128 characters in length and can contain letters, digits, periods (.), hyphens (-), and underscores (_). The <username> must be 1 to 64 characters in length.

new@example.onaliyun.com

NewDisplayName

string

No

The new display name of the Resource Access Management (RAM) user.

The name must be 1 to 24 characters in length.

new

NewMobilePhone

string

No

The new mobile phone number of the Resource Access Management (RAM) user.

Format: area code-phone number.

Note

This parameter is applicable only to China site (aliyun.com).

86-1868888****

NewEmail

string

No

The new email address of the Resource Access Management (RAM) user.

Note

This parameter is applicable only to China site (aliyun.com).

alice@example.com

NewComments

string

No

The new comments.

The comments must be 1 to 128 characters in length.

This is a cloud computing engineer.

For more information about common request parameters, see API Reference.

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

The response parameters.

User

object

The Resource Access Management (RAM) user information.

DisplayName

string

The display name of the Resource Access Management (RAM) user.

new

UserPrincipalName

string

The logon name of the Resource Access Management (RAM) user.

new@example.onaliyun.com

Email

string

The email address of the Resource Access Management (RAM) user.

Note

This parameter is applicable only to China site (aliyun.com).

alice@example.com

UpdateDate

string

The time when the Resource Access Management (RAM) user was last updated.

Format: RFC 3339 (UTC). Example: 2020-10-13T09:19:49Z.

2020-10-13T09:19:49Z

MobilePhone

string

The mobile phone number of the Resource Access Management (RAM) user.

Note

This parameter is applicable only to China site (aliyun.com).

86-1868888****

UserId

string

The ID of the Resource Access Management (RAM) user.

20732900249392****

Comments

string

The comments.

This is a cloud computing engineer.

LastLoginDate

string

The most recent time when the Resource Access Management (RAM) user logged on to the console.

Format: RFC 3339 (UTC). Example: 2020-10-12T09:12:00Z.

2020-10-12T09:12:00Z

CreateDate

string

The time when the Resource Access Management (RAM) user was created.

Format: RFC 3339 (UTC). Example: 2020-10-12T09:12:00Z.

2020-10-12T09:12:00Z

ProvisionType

string

The synchronization type. Valid values:

  • Manual: The Resource Access Management (RAM) user was manually created in RAM.

  • SCIM: The Resource Access Management (RAM) user was created by using the System for Cross-domain Identity Management protocol.

  • CloudSSO: The user was created by using CloudSSO.

Manual

RequestId

string

The request ID.

1B56DD42-6962-4F89-A19C-079EED1F0FE3

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "User": {
    "DisplayName": "new",
    "UserPrincipalName": "new@example.onaliyun.com",
    "Email": "alice@example.com",
    "UpdateDate": "2020-10-13T09:19:49Z",
    "MobilePhone": "86-1868888****",
    "UserId": "20732900249392****",
    "Comments": "This is a cloud computing engineer.",
    "LastLoginDate": "2020-10-12T09:12:00Z",
    "CreateDate": "2020-10-12T09:12:00Z",
    "ProvisionType": "Manual"
  },
  "RequestId": "1B56DD42-6962-4F89-A19C-079EED1F0FE3"
}

Error codes

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.