---
title: "Grant sudo permissions"
method: POST
path: "/api/ldap/sudo"
tags: ["User Management"]
---

# Grant sudo permissions

`POST /api/ldap/sudo`

Grant sudo/administrator privileges to a user and update their API key scope

## Response `200`

Successfully granted sudo permissions

- object
  - `success` boolean
  - `message` string

## Other responses

- `400` — Missing required parameter or invalid request
- `500` — Failed to grant sudo permissions

## Changes

> 6 revisions in range; 4 could not be searched.

- **2025-08-05** (v1) `55c07c16d2e1` — 2 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `socaAuth AND socaToken` was added to the API
  - the endpoint scheme security `edhAuth AND edhToken` was removed from the API

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/aws-samples/apis/engineering-development-hub-edh-api/changes/api/ldap/sudo/post.md)

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