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db.grantRolesToRole()

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  • Definition
  • Compatibility
  • Behavior
  • Required Access
  • Example

Definition

db.grantRolesToRole(rolename, roles, writeConcern)

Grants roles to a user-defined role.

Important

mongosh Method

This page documents a mongosh method. This is not the documentation for database commands or language-specific drivers, such as Node.js.

For the database command, see the grantRolesToRole command.

For MongoDB API drivers, refer to the language-specific MongoDB driver documentation.

The db.grantRolesToRole() method uses the following syntax:

db.grantRolesToRole( "<rolename>", [ <roles> ], { <writeConcern> } )

The db.grantRolesToRole() method takes the following arguments:

Parameter
Type
Description
rolename
string
The name of the role to which to grant sub roles.
roles
array
An array of roles from which to inherit.
writeConcern
document

Optional. The level of write concern for the operation. See Write Concern Specification.

In the roles field, you can specify both built-in roles and user-defined roles.

To specify a role that exists in the same database where db.grantRolesToRole() runs, you can either specify the role with the name of the role:

"readWrite"

Or you can specify the role with a document, as in:

{ role: "<role>", db: "<database>" }

To specify a role that exists in a different database, specify the role with a document.

Compatibility

This method is available in deployments hosted in the following environments:

  • MongoDB Atlas: The fully managed service for MongoDB deployments in the cloud

Important

This command is not supported in M0, M2, and M5 clusters. For more information, see Unsupported Commands.

Behavior

Replica set

If run on a replica set, db.grantRolesToRole() is executed using "majority" write concern by default.

Scope

A role can inherit privileges from other roles in its database. A role created on the admin database can inherit privileges from roles in any database.

Required Access

You must have the grantRole action on a database to grant a role on that database.

Example

The following db.grantRolesToRole() operation updates the productsReaderWriter role in the products database to inherit the privileges of productsReader role:

use products
db.grantRolesToRole(
    "productsReaderWriter",
    [ "productsReader" ],
    { w: "majority" , wtimeout: 5000 }
)

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