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AWS cli documentation change

Service: cli · 2026-03-13 · Documentation low

File: cli/latest/reference/datasync/update-location-smb.md

Summary

Updated documentation for customer-managed secrets configuration to specify IAM role access instead of KMS key

Security assessment

The change clarifies that secrets access uses IAM roles rather than KMS keys, improving documentation about secure access control mechanisms. No specific vulnerability is mentioned.

Diff

diff --git a/cli/latest/reference/datasync/update-location-smb.md b/cli/latest/reference/datasync/update-location-smb.md
index 248c06f5c..a9a9b0eea 100644
--- a//cli/latest/reference/datasync/update-location-smb.md
+++ b//cli/latest/reference/datasync/update-location-smb.md
@@ -15 +15 @@
-  * [AWS CLI 2.34.5 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
+  * [AWS CLI 2.34.8 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
@@ -229 +229 @@ JSON Syntax:
-> Specifies configuration information for a customer-managed secret, such as a `Password` or `KerberosKeytab` or set of credentials that DataSync uses to access a specific transfer location, and a customer-managed KMS key.
+> Specifies configuration information for a customer-managed secret, such as a `Password` or `KerberosKeytab` or set of credentials that DataSync uses to access a specific transfer location, and a customer-managed Identity and Access Management (IAM) role that provides access to the secret.
@@ -569 +569 @@ None
-  * [AWS CLI 2.34.5 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
+  * [AWS CLI 2.34.8 Command Reference](../../index.html) »