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ModifySnapshotAttribute

Description

Adds or remove permission settings for the specified snapshot.

Request Parameters

Name	Description	Required
`SnapshotId`	The ID of the snapshot. Type: String Default: None	Yes
`CreateVolumePermission.Add.n.UserId`	Adds the specified AWS account ID to the volume's list of create volume permissions. Type: String Default: None	Yes
`CreateVolumePermission.Add.n.Group`	Adds the specified group to the volume's list of create volume permissions. The only valid value is `all`. Type: String Default: None	Yes
`CreateVolumePermission.Remove.n.UserId`	Removes the specified AWS account ID from the volume's list of create volume pernissions. Type: String Default: None	No
`CreateVolumePermission.Remove.n.Group`	Removes the specified group from the volume's list of create volume permissions. Type: String Default: None	No

Response Elements

The elements in the following table are wrapped in a ModifySnapshotAttributeResponse structure.

Name Description

Name	Description
`requestId`	The ID of the request. Type: xsd:string
`return`	Returns true if successful. Otherwise, returns an error. Type: xsd:boolean

requestId

The ID of the request.

Type: xsd:string

return

Returns true if successful. Otherwise, returns an error.

Type: xsd:boolean

Examples

Example Request

This example makes the snap-78a54011 snapshot public, and gives the account with ID 111122223333 permission to create volumes from the snapshot.

https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=ModifySnapshotAttribute
&snapshotId=snap-78a54011
&CreateVolumePermission.Add.1.UserId=111122223333
&CreateVolumePermission.Add.1.Group=all
&AUTHPARAMS

This example makes the snap-78a54011 snapshot public, and removes the account with ID 111122223333 from the list of users with permission to create volumes from the snapshot.

https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=ModifySnapshotAttribute
&snapshotId=snap-78a54011
&CreateVolumePermission.Remove.1.UserId=111122223333
&CreateVolumePermission.Add.1.Group=all
&AUTHPARAMS

Example Response

<ModifySnapshotAttributeResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2011-12-15/">
   <requestId>59dbff89-35bd-4eac-99ed-be587EXAMPLE</requestId> 
   <return>true</return>
</ModifySnapshotAttributeResponse>

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