connectionStatus

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Definition

connectionStatus: Returns information about the current connection, specifically the state of authenticated users and their available permissions.

The command has the following syntax:

db.runCommand(
   {
     connectionStatus: 1,
     showPrivileges: <boolean>
   }
)

connectionStatus supports the following optional field:

Field	Type	Description
`showPrivileges`	boolean	Optional. Set `showPrivileges` to true to instruct `connectionStatus` to return the full set of privileges that currently-authenticated users possess. By default, this field is `false`.

To run connectionStatus use the db.runCommand() method, as in the following:

db.runCommand( { connectionStatus: 1, showPrivileges: true } )

connectionStatus.authInfo: A document with data about the authentication state of the current connection, including users and available permissions.

connectionStatus.authinfo.authenticatedUsers

An array with documents for each authenticated user.

connectionStatus.authInfo.authenticatedUsers[n].db: The database associated with the user's credentials.

connectionStatus.authinfo.authenticatedUserRoles

An array with documents for each role granted to the current connection:

connectionStatus.authinfo.authenticatedUserRoles[n].role: The definition of the current roles associated with the current authenticated users. See Built-In Roles and Privilege Actions for more information.

connectionStatus.authinfo.authenticatedUserRoles[n].db: The database to which role applies.

connectionStatus.authInfo.authenticatedUserPrivileges

An array with documents describing the actions granted to the current connection, grouped by resource.

connectionStatus.authInfo.authenticatedUserPrivileges[n].resource: A document describing the database and, if applicable, collection to which connectionStatus.authInfo.authenticatedUserPrivileges[n].actions applies.

connectionStatus.authInfo.authenticatedUserPrivileges[n].actions: An array listing the privilege actions that the connection has access to for the specified resource.

connectionStatus.ok: The return value for the command. A value of 1 indicates success.