Cannot authenticate to a 2.4 MongoDB using a 2.8 shell

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    • Resolution: Duplicate
    • Priority: Minor - P4
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      I'm not sure what the philosophy is on backwards compatibility of the shell. This may very well be "Works As Designed".

      [scripts] (master)$ mongo localhost:28000
MongoDB shell version: 2.8.0-rc0
connecting to: localhost:28000/test
> use admin
switched to db admin
> db.auth('mms-monitoring-agent','monitoring')
Error: 8 no such cmd: saslStart
0
> ^C
bye
[scripts] (master)$ /usr/local/mongo243/bin/mongo localhost:28000
MongoDB shell version: 2.4.3
connecting to: localhost:28000/test
> use admin
switched to db admin
> db.auth('mms-monitoring-agent','monitoring')
1
> show dbs
admin	0.203125GB
config	(empty)
local	0.078125GB

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            Reporter:
            Cailin Nelson (Inactive)
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