DOC-311 Update IAM docs for descriptive enforcement denial messages#798
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- explainable-iam.md - Rewrote the intro to cover both the API response and log output. - Replaced the generic error and the old multi-line DEBUG:localstack_ext… breakdown with the new descriptive error and single Policy Engine log line. - Added a Reading denial messages section (message anatomy + explicit/implicit distinction) and an Inline policies subsection showing that LocalStack names the specific inline policy, unlike AWS. - Fixed a pre-existing showshowLineNumbers → showLineNumbers typo. - iam-policy-enforcement.md - Added an intro note + cross-link to Explainable IAM. - Replaced the generic error and the old l.s.i.p.handler … denied. log line in the bucket example with the new descriptive forms.
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CP enforcement: add a "Service Control Policies" section to the enforcement guide explaining SCP guardrails and walking through an SCP that overrides an identity-based Allow.
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Updates the IAM security-testing docs to reflect the new descriptive denial messages from the enforcement engine. Denials now surface in both the API response and the LocalStack logs, naming the denied action, the responsible policy type and document, and whether the denial was explicit or implicit — replacing the old generic Access to the specified resource is denied message.
This PR closes DOC-311 and DOC-271
explainable-iam.md
iam-policy-enforcement.md
DenySCP overrides an identity-basedAllow.