Why Does the Root User of My RDS Instance Not Have SUPER Privileges?

RDS does not provide SUPER privileges for the root user. That's because SUPER privileges allow you to execute management commands, such as reset master, set global, and reset slave. These operations can cause primary/standby replication errors.

For scenarios requiring SUPER privileges, RDS provides service-based features or alternative solutions to work around SUPER privilege limitations.

• Scenario 1: If you cannot run the following command on an RDS instance to modify parameter values, you can modify parameter values through the RDS console.

  set global parameter name=Parameter value;

  If the set global command in your script fails due to missing SUPER privileges, delete the set global command and modify parameter values on the RDS console.

• Scenario 2: An error is reported after you run the following command because the root user does not have SUPER privileges. To solve this problem, delete definer='root' from the command.

  create definer='root'@'%' trigger(procedure)...

  If you lack SUPER privileges, use mysqldump to import data. For details about how to import and export data, see Migrating Data to RDS for MySQL Using mysqldump.