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Title: Manage default user
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description: Manage a database's default user.
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url: '/operate/rs/7.4/security/access-control/manage-users/default-user/'
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When you [create a database]({{< relref "/operate/rs/7.4/databases/create" >}}), default user database access is enabled by default (**Unauthenticated access** is selected). This gives the default user full access to the database and enables compatibility with versions of Redis before Redis 6.

Select **Password-only authentication**, then enter and confirm a default database password to require authentication for connections to the database.

{{<image filename="images/rs/screenshots/databases/security-access-control-password-only.png" alt="Select Password-only authentication to require a password to access the database." >}}

## Authenticate as default user

When you configure a password for your database, all connections to the database must authenticate using the [AUTH]({{< relref "/commands/auth" >}}) command. See Redis security's [authentication]({{<relref "/operate/oss_and_stack/management/security/#authentication">}}) section for more information.

```sh
AUTH <default-database-password>
```

## Change default database password

To change the default user's password:

1. From the database's **Security** tab, select **Edit**.

1. In the **Access Control** section, select **Password-only authentication** as the **Access method**.

1. Enter and re-enter the new password.

1. Select **Save**.

## Deactivate default user

If you set up [role-based access control]({{< relref "/operate/rs/7.4/security/access-control" >}}) with [access control lists]({{< relref "/operate/rs/7.4/security/access-control/create-db-roles" >}}) (ACLs) for your database and don't require backwards compatibility with versions earlier than Redis 6, you can [deactivate the default user]({{< relref "/operate/rs/7.4/security/access-control/manage-users/default-user" >}}).

{{<warning>}}
Before you deactivate default user access, make sure the role associated with the database is [assigned to a user]({{< relref "/operate/rs/7.4/security/access-control/create-users" >}}). Otherwise, the database will be inaccessible.
{{</warning>}}

To deactivate the default user:

1. From the database's **Security** tab, select **Edit**.

1. In the **Access Control** section, select **Using ACL only** as the **Access method**.

    {{<image filename="images/rs/screenshots/databases/security-access-control-acl-only.png" alt="Select Using ACL only to deactivate default user access to the database." >}}

1. Choose at least one role and Redis ACL to access the database.

1. Select **Save**.