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db.changeUserPassword()

Definition

db.changeUserPassword(username, password)

Updates a user’s password. Run the method in the database where the user is defined, i.e. the database you created the user.

Field	Type	Description
username	string	Specifies an existing username with access privileges for this database.
password	string	Specifies the corresponding password.
writeConcern	document	Optional. The level of write concern for the creation operation. The writeConcern document takes the same fields as the getLastError command.

Required Access

To modify the password of another user on a database, you must have the changeAnyPassword action on that database.

Example

The following operation changes the password of the user named accountUser in the products database to SOh3TbYhx8ypJPxmt1oOfL:

use products
db.changeUserPassword("accountUser", "SOh3TbYhx8ypJPxmt1oOfL")

←   db.auth() db.createUser()  →

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