# Accessing shared Amazon S3 tables


 After you grant cross-account permissions on a database or table in the S3 tables catalog, to access the resources, you need to create resource links to the shared databases and tables. 

1.  In the destination account (the account that receives the shared resources), create a database resource link. For detailed instructions, see [Creating a resource link to a shared Data Catalog database](create-resource-link-database.md). 

   CLI example for creating a database resource link

   ```
   aws glue create-database 
   --region us-east-1 
   --catalog-id "111122223333" 
   --database-input \
   '{
     "Name": "s3table_resourcelink",
     "TargetDatabase": {
       "CatalogId": "011426214932:s3tablescatalog/chmni-s3-table-bucket-011426214932",
       "DatabaseName": "s3_table_ns"
     },
     "CreateTableDefaultPermissions": []
   }'
   ```

1.  Grant cross account permission on the table. 

   CLI example for cross-account permission grant

   ```
   aws lakeformation grant-permissions \
   --region us-east-1 \
   --cli-input-json \
   '{
       "Principal": {
           "DataLakePrincipalIdentifier": "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/S3TablesTestExecRole"
       },
       "Resource": {
           "Table": {
               "CatalogId": "011426214932:s3tablescatalog/chmni-s3-table-bucket-011426214932",
               "DatabaseName": "s3_table_ns",
               "Name": "test_s3_iceberg_table"
           }
       },
       "Permissions": [
           "ALL"
       ]
   }'
   ```

1.  Grant Lake Formation `DESCRIBE` permission on the resource link. 

    CLI example for granting describe permission on the resource link. 

   ```
   aws lakeformation grant-permissions \
       --principal DataLakePrincipalIdentifier=arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/S3TablesTestExecRole
       --resource Database='{CatalogId=111122223333;, Name=s3table_resourcelink}' \
       --permissions DESCRIBE
   ```