db.changeUserPassword()¶

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Definition¶

db.changeUserPassword(username, password)¶

Allows an administrator to update a user’s password from within the shell.

Parameter	Type	Description
`username`	string	Specifies an existing username with access privileges for this database.
`password`	string	Specifies the corresponding password.

Throws:	exception – If an error occurs, the `db.changeUserPassword()` helper throws an exception with the error message and code.

Example

The following operation changes the reporting user’s password to SOhSS3TbYhxusooLiW8ypJPxmt1oOfL:

db = db.getSiblingDB('records')
db.changeUserPassword("reporting", "SOhSS3TbYhxusooLiW8ypJPxmt1oOfL")

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