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COF-C02 · Question #491

Which system_defined Snowflake role has permission to rename an account and specify whether the original URL can be used to access the renamed account?

The correct answer is A. ACCOUNTADMIN. The ACCOUNTADMIN role is the highest-privilege system role within a Snowflake account and has authority to perform account-level administrative operations, including renaming the account via ALTER ACCOUNT RENAME TO. When renaming, the administrator can also specify (using the…

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Question

Which system_defined Snowflake role has permission to rename an account and specify whether the original URL can be used to access the renamed account?

Options

  • AACCOUNTADMIN
  • BSECURITYADMIN
  • CSYSADMIN
  • DORGADMIN

How the community answered

(40 responses)
  • A
    93% (37)
  • B
    5% (2)
  • C
    3% (1)

Explanation

The ACCOUNTADMIN role is the highest-privilege system role within a Snowflake account and has authority to perform account-level administrative operations, including renaming the account via ALTER ACCOUNT RENAME TO. When renaming, the administrator can also specify (using the SAVE_OLD_URL parameter) whether the original account URL should remain accessible after renaming. SECURITYADMIN manages users and roles, SYSADMIN manages objects, and ORGADMIN manages cross-account organization features.

Topics

#Snowflake roles#ACCOUNTADMIN permissions#Account administration#System-defined roles

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