**To list the access key IDs for an IAM user**

The following ``list-access-keys`` command lists the access keys IDs for the IAM user named ``Bob``::

  aws iam list-access-keys --user-name Bob

Output::

  "AccessKeyMetadata": [
      {
          "UserName": "Bob",
          "Status": "Active",
          "CreateDate": "2013-06-04T18:17:34Z",
          "AccessKeyId": "AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE"
      },
      {
          "UserName": "Bob",
          "Status": "Inactive",
          "CreateDate": "2013-06-06T20:42:26Z",
          "AccessKeyId": "AKIAI44QH8DHBEXAMPLE"
      }
  ]

You cannot list the secret access keys for IAM users. If the secret access keys are lost, you must create new access keys using the ``create-access-keys`` command.

For more information, see `Creating, Modifying, and Viewing User Security Credentials`_ in the *Using IAM* guide.

.. _`Creating, Modifying, and Viewing User Security Credentials`: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/Using_CreateAccessKey.html