Modify or reset account permissions

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You can modify the permissions of a standard account or reset the permissions of a high-privilege account to their initial state.

Reset high-privilege account permissions

  1. Log on to the RDS console. In the left-side navigation pane, click Instances. In the top navigation bar, select a region and click the target instance ID.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Accounts. Find the target high-privilege account, and in the Actions column, click Reset Account Permissions.

  3. In the dialog box that appears, enter and confirm a new password, and click OK.

Modify standard account permissions

  1. Log on to the RDS console. In the left-side navigation pane, click Instances. In the top navigation bar, select a region and click the target instance ID.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Accounts. Find the account whose permissions you want to modify, and in the Actions column, click Change Permissions.

  3. On the Edit Account Permissions page, select one or more databases and click image or image.

  4. In the Authorized Databases section, set the permissions to Read/Write (DDL + DML), Read-only, DDL Only, or DML Only.

    Note

    For more fine-grained permissions, use SQL commands.

  5. Click OK.