Forbid renaming system collections

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    • Type: Improvement
    • Resolution: Won't Do
    • Priority: Major - P3
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    • Affects Version/s: 2.0.5
    • Component/s: Admin
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      I am using the official C# driver v1.4.2. I noticed that I cannot remove the system collection `system.indexes` from my database (this is rather expected) but I can rename this collection (this is rather unexpected).

      > db.system.indexes.renameCollection("old_indexes")
{ "ok" : 1 }
> show collections
old_indexes

      Discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mongodb-user/C0AksmnNVdY

      I've been recommended to submit the issue, so do I.

            Assignee:
            [DO NOT USE] Backlog - Security Team
            Reporter:
            Roman Kuzmin
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