Hi Team,

When I try to using mongodump/mongoresstore in a command line with password flag it is throwin an error line saying as below - 

2019-07-01T10:17:03.325+0200 error parsing command line options: expected argument for flag `p, --password', but got option `authenticationDatabase'2019-07-01T10:17:03.325+0200 error parsing command line options: expected argument for flag `-p, --password', but got option `authenticationDatabase'2019-07-01T10:17:03.325+0200 try 'mongodump --help' for more information .                                                                               But what I doubt about it is - we should pass the argument -p/-password as a  parameter in command line without passing passwprd like -ppasowrd-something.

It is not preferred to pass a password as per my understanding. because it will in the latest history of the instance.

But when I try wihout -p parameter it works fine and it ask for the password to be entered to take a backup or restore.

Can you please give me the context of it. Just for the information and for batter understanding I prefer -p without Password in the command line.   

Thanks & Regards

Madhu