[DOCS-2798] Make it clear which built-in roles are required to run each command Created: 26/Feb/14  Updated: 11/Jan/17  Resolved: 27/Jul/16

Status: Closed
Project: Documentation
Component/s: manual
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: 01112017-cleanup

Type: Improvement Priority: Major - P3
Reporter: Jon Rangel (Inactive) Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Won't Fix Votes: 1
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 Description   

Many users have reported that it's not that obvious/memorable for example that this:

http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/user-privileges/#clusterAdmin
...links to this....
http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/command/listDatabases/#dbcmd.listDatabases
...which means you need clusterAdmin privileges to run "show dbs" in the mongo shell

I think this translates into the following improvements needed to the documentation:

  • Should clarify somewhere the Access Control documentation which roles are required to run various shell helper commands such as:
    • show users
    • show dbs
    • show collections
  • Add a note to the documentation page for each command that links back to the built-in role(s) that confer the privilege to run that command.

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