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page_title: accounts - Command
description: >-
  The "accounts" command performs operations on account resources. You can associate users with accounts using auth methods.
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# accounts

Command: `boundary accounts`

The `accounts` command lets you create and manage accounts resources in Boundary.
You can associate Boundary users with one or more account resources using auth methods.
Accounts represent external notions of a particular entity.
Among other use cases, accounts provide an easy way to switch users to new IdPs within the organization that deploys Boundary.

## Examples

The following example retrieves account information for a given account ID, `acctpw_1234567890`:

```shell-session
$ boundary accounts read -id acctpw_1234567890
```

**Example output:**

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```plaintext
Account information:
  Auth Method ID:      ampw_1234567890
  Created Time:        Wed, 12 Jul 2023 12:20:54 PDT
  ID:                  acctpw_1234567890
  Type:                password
  Updated Time:        Wed, 12 Jul 2023 12:20:54 PDT
  Version:             1

  Scope:
    ID:                global
    Name:              global
    Type:              global

  Authorized Actions:
    no-op
    read
    update
    delete
    set-password
    change-password

  Attributes:
    Login Name:        admin
```

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## Usage

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```shell-session
Usage: boundary accounts [sub command] [options] [args]

  # ...

Subcommands:
    change-password    Change the password on an account
    create             Create an account
    delete             Delete an account
    list               List an account
    read               Read an account
    set-password       Directly set the password on an account
    update             Update an account
```

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For more information, examples, and usage, click on the name
of the subcommand in the sidebar or one of the links below:

- [create](/boundary/docs/commands/accounts/create)
- [delete](/boundary/docs/commands/accounts/delete)
- [read](/boundary/docs/commands/accounts/read)
- [update](/boundary/docs/commands/accounts/update)
- [list](/boundary/docs/commands/accounts/list)
- [set-password](/boundary/docs/commands/accounts/set-password)
- [change-password](/boundary/docs/commands/accounts/change-password)