passwordPrompt()
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Definition
passwordPrompt()New in version 4.2.
Prompts for the password in
mongosh. The entered password is not displayed in the shell. UsepasswordPrompt()in conjunction with methods that accept password as a parameter instead of specifying the password in cleartext to those methods.
Examples
Use passwordPrompt() with db.createUser()
The db.createUser() requires a password to be specified.
Starting in MongoDB 4.2, you can use passwordPrompt() as the
value for the pwd instead of specifying the password.
db.createUser( { user:"user123", pwd: passwordPrompt(), // Instead of specifying the password in cleartext roles:[ "readWrite" ] } )
Enter the password when prompted.
Use passwordPrompt() with db.auth()
Starting in MongoDB 4.2, when you run the
db.auth(<username>, <password>) command you can replace the
password with the passwordPrompt() method.
Starting in MongoDB 4.4, if you omit the password from the
db.auth(<username>, <password>) command, the user is
prompted to enter a password.
Both of the following examples prompt the user to enter a password which is not displayed in the shell:
// Starting in MongoDB 4.2 db.auth("user123", passwordPrompt()) // Starting in MongoDB 4.4 db.auth("user123")
Use passwordPrompt() with db.changeUserPassword()
The db.changeUserPassword() requires a password to be
specified.
Starting in MongoDB 4.2, you can use passwordPrompt() instead
of specifying the password.
db.changeUserPassword("user123", passwordPrompt())
Enter the password when prompted.
Use passwordPrompt() with db.updateUser()
When changing the password with db.updateUser(), the method
requires a password to be specified.
Starting in MongoDB 4.2, you can use passwordPrompt() as the
value for the pwd instead of specifying the password.
db.updateUser( "user123", { pwd: passwordPrompt(), mechanisms: [ "SCRAM-SHA-256" ] } )
Enter the password when prompted.