# Manage default user













When you [create a database](http://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/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.



## Authenticate as default user

When you configure a password for your database, all connections to the database must authenticate using the [AUTH](http://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/auth) command. See Redis security's [authentication](http://redis.io/docs/latest/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](http://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/security/access-control) with [access control lists](http://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/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](http://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/security/access-control/manage-users/default-user).


Before you deactivate default user access, make sure the role associated with the database is [assigned to a user](http://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/security/access-control/create-users). Otherwise, the database will be inaccessible.


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**.

    

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

1. Select **Save**.