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Establish a connection to MongoDB via mongo CLI (use CMD or PowerShell)
No Format mongo --authenticationDatabase admin -u bvq -p P@ssw0rd
(default location of binaries = C:\Program Files\SVA\BVQ\bvq-mongodb\bin, put in PATH variable to access from outside the directory
change username -u and password -p to your credentials)The user information is configured globally for the entire MongoDB within the
admin
DB, so you have to switch to this DB.
List existing dbs withshow dbs
commandNo Format PS C:\Users\fschenke>XXX> mongo --authenticationDatabase admin -u bvq -p P@ssw0rd MongoDB shell version v3.4.4 connecting to: mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017 MongoDB server version: 3.4.4 > show dbs admin 0.000GB bvq 0.401GB local 0.000GB
Switch to admin db with
use admin
No Format > use admin switched to db admin
Use
db.changeUserPassword()
to change the password for the user logged inNo Format db.changeUserPassword("bvq", "NEW_PASSWORD")
In this example password is changed to
NEW_PASSWORD
for userbvq
After executing this command the password will be changed
No Format PS C:\Users\XXX> mongo --authenticationDatabase admin -u bvq -p P@ssw0rd MongoDB shell version v3.4.4 connecting to: mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017 MongoDB server version: 3.4.4 2017-12-05T18:50:07.771+0100 E QUERY [thread1] Error: Authentication failed. : DB.prototype._authOrThrow@src/mongo/shell/db.js:1459:20 @(auth):6:1 @(auth):1:2 exception: login failed PS C:\Users\fschenke> mongo --authenticationDatabase admin -u bvq -p NEW_PASSWORD MongoDB shell version v3.4.4 connecting to: mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017 MongoDB server version: 3.4.4 > exit bye PS C:\Users\XXX>
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