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---
layout: docs
page_title: Account resource
description: >-
Learn about using the accounts resource to establish the identities of users. Understand how to configure general, password, and LDAP account attributes.
---
# Accounts
An account is a resource
that represents a unique set of credentials
issued from a configured [auth method][]
which can be used to establish the identity of a user.
A [user][] can have zero or more accounts
but an account can only belong to a single user.
An account can only be associated with a user
in the same scope as the account's [auth method][].
## Attributes
All account types have the following configurable attributes:
- `name` - (optional)
If set, the `name` must be unique within the account's auth method.
- `description` - (optional)
### Password account attributes
Password account types have the following additional attributes:
- `login_name` - (required)
Must be unique within the account's auth method.
Can only contain lower case letters.
- `password` - (optional)
Not setting the `password` disables the account.
### LDAP account attributes
LDAP account types have the following additional attributes:
- `login_name` - (required)
Must be unique within the account's auth method.
Can only contain lower case letters.
- `full_name` - (output only)
Maps to the name attribute for the authenticated user, and is updated every
time the user successfully authenticates. It is empty until the user's
first successful authentication.
- `email` - (output only)
Maps to the email address attribute for the authenticated user, and is updated
every time the user successfully authenticates. It is empty until the
user's first successful authentication.
- `dn` - (output only)
Maps to the distinguished name for the authenticated user, and is updated
every time the user successfully authenticates. It is empty until the
user's first successful authentication.
- `member_of_groups` - (output only)
A list of the groups the authenticated user is a member of. It is empty
until the user's first successful authentication.
## Referenced by
- [Auth method][]
- [Managed group][]
- [User][]
[auth method]: /boundary/docs/domain-model/auth-methods
[managed group]: /boundary/docs/domain-model/managed-groups
[user]: /boundary/docs/domain-model/users
## Service API docs
The following services are relevant to this resource:
- [Account service](/boundary/api-docs/account-service)