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AWS systems-manager documentation change

Service: systems-manager · 2025-04-11 · Documentation low

File: systems-manager/latest/userguide/running-commands.md

Summary

Reorganized content about 'noexec' mount issue, added execution history retention details and related information links

Security assessment

Added execution history retention section documents security-adjacent logging capabilities (CloudTrail/S3) but doesn't address vulnerabilities. The 'noexec' note is operational guidance without security context.

Diff

diff --git a/systems-manager/latest/userguide/running-commands.md b/systems-manager/latest/userguide/running-commands.md
index ffe0d9f76..0fd19fc11 100644
--- a//systems-manager/latest/userguide/running-commands.md
+++ b//systems-manager/latest/userguide/running-commands.md
@@ -9,5 +9 @@ This section includes information about how to send commands from the AWS System
-###### Important
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-If your node is configured with the `noexec` mount option for the `var` directory, Run Command is unable to successfuly run commands.
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-For information about how to send commands using Windows PowerShell, see [Walkthrough: Use the AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell with Run Command](./walkthrough-powershell.html) or the examples in the [AWS Systems Manager section of the AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/latest/reference/items/AWS_Systems_Manager_cmdlets.html). For information about how to send commands using the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), see the [Walkthrough: Use the AWS CLI with Run Command](./walkthrough-cli.html) or the examples in the [SSM CLI Reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ssm/).
+Note that if your node is configured with the `noexec` mount option for the var directory, Run Command is unable to successfuly run commands.
@@ -20,0 +17,15 @@ For more information, see [Restricting access to Parameter Store parameters usin
+###### Execution history retention
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+The history of each command is available for up to 30 days. In addition, you can store a copy of all log files in Amazon Simple Storage Service or have an audit trail of all API calls in AWS CloudTrail.
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+###### Related information
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+For information about sending commands using other tools, see the following topics: 
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+  * [Walkthrough: Use the AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell with Run Command](./walkthrough-powershell.html) or the examples in the [AWS Systems Manager section of the AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/latest/reference/items/AWS_Systems_Manager_cmdlets.html).
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+  * [Walkthrough: Use the AWS CLI with Run Command](./walkthrough-cli.html) or the examples in the [SSM CLI Reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ssm/)
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