User Management Methods

Note

For details on specific methods, including syntax and examples,click on the specific method to go to its reference page.

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 passwordsdirectly in various `mongo` shell userauthentication/management methods.