document SCP enforcement for cross-account access#716
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Looks great, thanks for updating this!
I think it's also worth updating the IAM Coverage page.
Also, my PR on SCPs in Policy Simulator is close to merge. If you prefer, you can put these docs in this PR together.
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| When IAM enforcement is enabled, LocalStack checks SCPs together with identity-based policies. | ||
| A request goes through only if both the principal's identity-based policies and the SCPs covering its account allow the action. |
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| When IAM enforcement is enabled, LocalStack checks SCPs together with identity-based policies. | |
| A request goes through only if both the principal's identity-based policies and the SCPs covering its account allow the action. | |
| When IAM enforcement is enabled, LocalStack checks SCPs together with other applicable policies. | |
| A request goes through only if both the principal's policies, resource's policies and the SCPs covering its account allow the action on the resource. |
Other policies are also checked apart from identity based policies: resource-based policies, permission boundaries, etc.
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Fixes DOC-295