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Cognito: Reset User Password (admin) via command line
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Reset a user's password on cognito via command line (admin)

This example uses named profiles for authentication and uses the aws command line (aws cli)

example:

read "?Region: " REGION && \
read "?Profile Name: " PROFILE && \
read "?Pool ID: " POOL && \
read "?Username: " USERNAME && \
read -s "?Password: " PASSWORD && \
aws cognito-idp admin-set-user-password --user-pool-id $POOL --username $USERNAME --password $PASSWORD --permanent --profile=$PROFILE --region=$REGION

more info: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/cognito-idp/admin-set-user-password.html

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