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atlas dbusers update
Modify the details of a database user in your project.
To use this command, you must authenticate with a user account or an API key with the Project Owner role.
Syntax
Command Syntax
atlas dbusers update <username> [options]
Arguments
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
username | string | true | Username to update in the MongoDB database. |
Options
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--authDB | string | false | Authentication database name. If the user authenticates with AWS IAM, x.509, or LDAP, this value should be $external. If the user authenticates with SCRAM-SHA, this value should be admin. |
-h, --help | false | help for update | |
-o, --output | string | false | Output format. Valid values are json, json-path, go-template, or go-template-file. To see the full output, use the -o json option. |
-p, --password | string | false | Password for the database user. |
--projectId | string | false | Hexadecimal string that identifies the project to use. This option overrides the settings in the configuration file or environment variable. |
--role | strings | false | User's roles and the databases or collections on which the roles apply. Passing this flag replaces preexisting data. |
--scope | strings | false | Array of clusters and Atlas Data Lakes that this user has access to. Passing this flag replaces preexisting data. |
-u, --username | string | false | Username for authenticating to MongoDB. |
--x509Type | string | false | X.509 method for authenticating the specified username. Valid values include NONE, MANAGED, and CUSTOMER. If you set this to MANAGED the user authenticates with an Atlas-managed X.509 certificate. If you set this to CUSTOMER, the user authenticates with a self-managed X.509 certificate. If you set this to MANAGED or CUSTOMER, you can't set --awsIAMType or --ldapType to any value other than NONE. This value defaults to "NONE". |
Inherited Options
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
-P, --profile | string | false | Name of the profile to use from your configuration file. To learn about profiles for the Atlas CLI, see https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/atlas-cli-save-connection-settings. |
Output
If the command succeeds, the CLI returns output similar to the following sample. Values in brackets represent your values.
Successfully updated database user '<Username>'.
Examples
# Update roles for a database user named myUser for the project with the ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3: atlas dbuser update myUser --role readWriteAnyDatabase --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3
# Update scopes for a database user named myUser for the project with the ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3: atlas dbuser update myUser --scope resourceName:resourceType --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3