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  2. DOCS-11378

Document that user & role management methods default write concern is majority

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      The default write concern for some user & role management methods are majority. This was not mentioned in the docs, which leads to some confusion from users, since the default write concern for a replica set is w:1

      This involves these user management methods:

      And these role management methods:

      The default write concern of majority for these methods should be explicitly mentioned in the documentation, since it deviates from expected standard behaviour.

      Appendix:

      • The relevant section in the 3.6 codebase: link
      • The original ticket for adding write concern to these methods: SERVER-6246

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            kevin.adistambha@mongodb.com Kevin Adistambha
            kevin.adistambha@mongodb.com Kevin Adistambha
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