You must have the CONTROL privilege to modify the access rights of other users with the CHANGE PROTECTION statement. An access control list (ACL) is attached to each database and relation. Each list consists of entries that specify two items of information: o An identifier that specifies a user or set of users. o A set of access rights. These rights specify what operations that user or set of users can perform on the database or relation. The new version of the ACL entry you create with the CHANGE PROTECTION statement does not inherit any characteristics from the old version. When you change protection on a database element, you need to specify the entire entry, including all the access rights you want to deny. When changing protection, observe the following rules: o To change protection, you must first invoke the database that includes the protection. o If you specify two or more access rights, separate each by a plus sign (+), but do not include any spaces. For example, READ+WRITE. o If the list of access rights exceeds one line in length, place the list in quotation marks and use the continuation character (hyphen). Otherwise, Oracle Rdb reads the carriage return as the end of the list, and an error results: cont> ACCESS "DEFINE+CHANGE+DELETE - cont> +CONTROL+OPERATOR+ADMINISTRATOR" Granting or revoking a privilege takes effect after the user detaches and attaches to the database again. You must execute the CHANGE PROTECTION statement in a read/write transaction. If there is no active transaction and you issue this statement, Oracle Rdb starts a read/write transaction implicitly. Other users are allowed to be attached to the database when you issue the CHANGE PROTECTION statement.