DL3:PRIMARY> use RIAProduction switched to db RIAProduction DL3:PRIMARY> show users { "_id" : "RIAProduction.RIAUser", "user" : "RIAUser", "db" : "RIAProduction", "roles" : [ { "role" : "dbAdmin", "db" : "RIAProduction" }, { "role" : "dbOwner", "db" : "RIAProduction" }, { "role" : "read", "db" : "RIAProduction" }, { "role" : "readWrite", "db" : "RIAProduction" } ] } DL3:PRIMARY> db.changeUserPassword("RIAUser", "newpassword") DL3:PRIMARY> mongo --host 10.238.4.32:27000 -u RIAUser -p newpassword --authenticationDatabase RIAProduction MongoDB shell version: 3.0.0 connecting to: 10.238.4.32:27000/test 2016-03-30T08:29:42.545-0700 E QUERY Error: 18 Authentication failed. at DB._authOrThrow (src/mongo/shell/db.js:1236:32) at (auth):6:8 at (auth):7:2 at src/mongo/shell/db.js:1236 exception: login failed