# IRPCLoginsAdmin.GetLogin

Location: [gRPC API](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/index.md) > [Administration API](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/admin/index.md) > [Server login accounts](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCLoginsAdmin/index.md)

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Badges: `Administration API / specialized` `admin` `session`

Gets one login account by account name.

- **Service:** [Server login accounts](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCLoginsAdmin/index.md) `MFiles.IRPCLoginsAdmin`
- **gRPC method:** `/MFiles.IRPCLoginsAdmin/GetLogin`
- **HTTP (mf-http-grpc):** `POST /grpc/v1/get-login`
- **Request:** [`GetLoginRequest`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCLoginsAdmin/GetLogin/index.md#request)
- **Response:** [`GetLoginResponse`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCLoginsAdmin/GetLogin/index.md#response)
- **Book and level:** Administration API, specialized
- **Kind:** admin
- **Session:** Required: the session ID from LogIn in the mfiles-session-id-bin metadata.
- **Idempotent:** no
- **Returns metadata structure version:** no
- **Streaming:** none (unary)

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## Remarks

- An unknown account fails with "Not found.".

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## Request: GetLoginRequest

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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `account_name` | `string` | The account name: the user name of an M-Files login or `DOMAIN\user`. |

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## Response: GetLoginResponse

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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `plogin` | [`Login`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.Login/index.md) | The login account. See [Login](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.Login/index.md). |
| `plogin.account_type` | [`AccountType`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Enums/MFiles.AccountType/index.md) | Account type (e.g. M-Files or Windows). Values: `ACCOUNT_TYPE_UNINITIALIZED` (0), `ACCOUNT_TYPE_MFILES` (1), `ACCOUNT_TYPE_WINDOWS` (2). |
| `plogin.domain_name` | `string` | Domain name, if acctype is eAccountTypeWindows. Otherwise unset. |
| `plogin.user_name` | `string` | User name. Cannot be unset. |
| `plogin.options` | [`SRVROLES`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.SRVROLES/index.md) | Bitmask of the server roles of the login. |
| `plogin.options.all` | `bool` | Specifies all flags set; Including any future flags. |
| `plogin.options.system_administrator` | `bool` | System administrator (can perform any operation on the server). [ name( "vaultCreator" ) ] const SRVROLES SRVROLE_VAULT_CREATOR		= ( 1 << 1 );  //!< Can create, modify and delete vaults. Can also restore vaults. [ name( "backupOperator" ) ] const SRVROLES SRVROLE_BACKUP_OPERATOR		= ( 1 << 2 );  //!< Can back up vaults. |
| `plogin.options.can_log_in` | `bool` | Can log in. A login that does not have this role is disabled and cannot log in even if the login has the sysadmin role. |
| `plogin.options.invalid_password` | `bool` | This special role indicates that the M-Files login does not yet have a valid password. MFAdmin uses this flag to force the user to define the password. |
| `plogin.full_name` | `string` | The full name of the user. May be unset. |
| `plogin.email_address` | `string` | The email address of the user. May be unset. |
| `plogin.license_type` | [`LicenseType`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Enums/MFiles.LicenseType/index.md) | License type. Values: `LICENSE_TYPE_NONE` (0), `LICENSE_TYPE_NAMED_USER_LICENSE` (1), `LICENSE_TYPE_CONCURRENT_USER_LICENSE` (2), `LICENSE_TYPE_READ_ONLY_LICENSE` (3), `LICENSE_TYPE_VISITOR_LICENSE` (4). |
| `plogin.credential_type` | [`CredentialType`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Enums/MFiles.CredentialType/index.md) | Credential type. Values: `CREDENTIAL_TYPE_USER` (0), `CREDENTIAL_TYPE_TECHNICAL` (1). |
| `plogin.client_id` | `string` | Client ID, if credentialtype is eCredentialTypeTechnical. Otherwise unset. |
| `plogin.external_id` | `string` | The user identity in external system, such as Microsoft Entra (where the identity is a GUID). |