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# iagctl describe user

Display details about a user.

The `iagctl describe user` command displays all information about a specific user in the gateway data store, including when the user was created and when they last logged in. A login event occurs when a user runs the `iagctl login` command from a gateway client against a gateway server.

## Syntax

```bash
iagctl describe user <username> [flags]
```

## Examples

The following example displays details about the `admin` user:

```bash
iagctl describe user admin
```

The following example displays details about a user named `john`:

```bash
iagctl describe user john
```

## Options

```bash
  -h, --help   Help for user
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```bash
  --profile string   Specify the client profile to use (case-insensitive, defaults to [client] section)
  --config string   Path to the configuration file
  --raw             Display the result of the command in raw format
  --verbose         Enable verbose output
```