Amazon RDS for Oracle RDSADMIN question

Hello.

I think the explanation in the following document is relevant:
The master user is granted the DBA role, but because the ALTER SYSTEM and ALTER DATABASE privileges have been REVOKEd from the DBA role, these SQL statements cannot be executed by the master user.
Instead, packages and stored procedures of the RDSADMIN user will be executed.
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Oracle.Concepts.limitations.html
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Oracle.Concepts.Privileges.html

When you create an Amazon RDS for Oracle DB instance, the default master user has most of the maximum user permissions on the DB instance. Use the master user account for any administrative tasks, such as creating additional user accounts in your database. Because RDS is a managed service, you aren't allowed to log in as SYS and SYSTEM, and thus don't have SYSDBA privileges.

I don't think you can log in to RDSADMIN either, as it's an AWS managed user.

Hello Rob,

Yes, you are correct about the RDSADMIN user having similar restrictions to SYS and SYSTEM users in Amazon RDS for Oracle.

RDSADMIN User Access Restrictions:

The RDSADMIN user is also a restricted, AWS-managed user that you cannot log into directly. This is consistent with the managed service model of Amazon RDS for Oracle.

How RDSADMIN Works: Instead of direct access, AWS provides the RDSADMIN.RDSADMIN_UTIL package that contains stored procedures and functions to perform administrative tasks that would normally require SYS or SYSTEM privileges. The master user can execute these procedures, but cannot log in as RDSADMIN directly.

Supporting Documentation:

• RDS for Oracle Users and Privileges: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Oracle.Concepts.Privileges.html
• RDS for Oracle Limitations: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Oracle.Concepts.limitations.html
• Privileged Access Documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/latest/replatform-oracle-database-options/administration.html