**To apply a permissions boundary based on a custom policy to an IAM user**

The following ``put-user-permissions-boundary`` example applies a custom policy named ``intern-boundary`` as the permissions boundary for the specified IAM user. ::

    aws iam put-user-permissions-boundary \
        --permissions-boundary arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/intern-boundary \
        --user-name intern

This command produces no output.

**To apply a permissions boundary based on an AWS managed policy to an IAM user**

The following ``put-user-permissions-boundary`` example applies the AWS managed pollicy named ``PowerUserAccess`` as the permissions boundary for the specified IAM user. ::

    aws iam put-user-permissions-boundary \
        --permissions-boundary arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/PowerUserAccess \
        --user-name developer

This command produces no output.