Security Reference¶

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The following lists the security related methods available in the mongo shell as well as additional security reference material.

Security Methods in the `mongo` Shell¶

Name	Description
`db.auth()`	Authenticates a user to a database.
`db.changeUserPassword()`	Changes an existing user’s password.
`db.createUser()`	Creates a new user.
`db.dropUser()`	Removes a single user.
`db.dropAllUsers()`	Deletes all users associated with a database.
`db.getUser()`	Returns information about the specified user.
`db.getUsers()`	Returns information about all users associated with a database.
`db.grantRolesToUser()`	Grants a role and its privileges to a user.
`db.removeUser()`	Deprecated. Removes a user from a database.
`db.revokeRolesFromUser()`	Removes a role from a user.
`db.updateUser()`	Updates user data.
`passwordPrompt()`	Prompts for the password as an alternative to specifying passwords directly in various `mongo` shell user authentication/management methods.

Name	Description
`db.createRole()`	Creates a role and specifies its privileges.
`db.dropRole()`	Deletes a user-defined role.
`db.dropAllRoles()`	Deletes all user-defined roles associated with a database.
`db.getRole()`	Returns information for the specified role.
`db.getRoles()`	Returns information for all the user-defined roles in a database.
`db.grantPrivilegesToRole()`	Assigns privileges to a user-defined role.
`db.revokePrivilegesFromRole()`	Removes the specified privileges from a user-defined role.
`db.grantRolesToRole()`	Specifies roles from which a user-defined role inherits privileges.
`db.revokeRolesFromRole()`	Removes inherited roles from a role.
`db.updateRole()`	Updates a user-defined role.

system.roles Collection: Describes the content of the collection that stores user-defined roles.
system.users Collection: Describes the content of the collection that stores users’ credentials and role assignments.
Resource Document: Describes the resource document for roles.
Privilege Actions: List of the actions available for privileges.