Admin User in Instance Cannot Execute Any Commands

Ops and Admin
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Hello, I have a mongo instance where there is only one user, which is admin. I am unable to run any commands such as db.getUsers() or even anything. I am trying to make the user root, so that it would be able to run any command but I am unable to. I am stuck with one user that cannot run any commands, and am unsure what to do next:

MongoServerError: not authorized on admin to execute command

any advice on this would be greatly appreciated

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How did you connect to your instance
Did you authenticate against Authorization database?
Does other commands work like
Db
Sho dbs
Show users etc

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Hi @Edward_Lee2,
Are you sure this user had the admin privileges?
It was created in the admin database?
I suggest you to create a new user in the admin database by following this steps:

  • disable authentication
  • create admin user in the admin db
  • enable authentication

BR

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