rolesInfo

Definition

rolesInfo

Returns inheritance and privilege information for specified roles, including both user-defined roles and built-in roles.

The rolesInfo command can also retrieve all roles scoped to a database.

To match a single role on the database, use the following form:

{
  rolesInfo: { role: <name>, db: <db> },
  showPrivileges: <Boolean>,
  showBuiltinRoles: <Boolean>,
  comment: <any>
}

rolesInfo has the following fields:

Field	Type	Description
rolesInfo	string, document, array, or integer	The role(s) to return information about. For the syntax for specifying roles, see Behavior.
showPrivileges	boolean	Optional. Set the field to true to show role privileges, including both privileges inherited from other roles and privileges defined directly. By default, the command returns only the roles from which this role inherits privileges and does not return specific privileges.
showBuiltinRoles	boolean	Optional. When the rolesInfo field is set to 1, set showBuiltinRoles to true to include built-in roles in the output. By default this field is set to false, and the output for rolesInfo: 1 displays only user-defined roles.
comment	any	Optional. A user-provided comment to attach to this command. Once set, this comment appears alongside records of this command in the following locations: mongod log messages, in the attr.command.cursor.comment field. Database profiler output, in the command.comment field. currentOp output, in the command.comment field. A comment can be any valid BSON type (string, integer, object, array, etc). New in version 4.4.

Behavior

{ rolesInfo: "<rolename>" }

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

{
  rolesInfo: [
     "<rolename>",
     { role: "<rolename>", db: "<database>" },
     ...
  ]
}

{ rolesInfo: 1, showBuiltinRoles: true }

Required Access

To view a role's information, you must be either explicitly granted the role or must have the viewRole action on the role's database.

Output

rolesInfo.role

The name of the role.

rolesInfo.db

The database on which the role is defined. Every database has built-in roles. A database might also have user-defined roles.

rolesInfo.isBuiltin

A value of true indicates the role is a built-in role. A value of false indicates the role is a user-defined role.

rolesInfo.roles

The roles that directly provide privileges to this role and the databases on which the roles are defined.

rolesInfo.inheritedRoles

All roles from which this role inherits privileges. This includes the roles in the rolesInfo.roles array as well as the roles from which the roles in the rolesInfo.roles array inherit privileges. All privileges apply to the current role. The documents in this field list the roles and the databases on which they are defined.

rolesInfo.privileges

The privileges directly specified by this role; i.e. the array excludes privileges inherited from other roles. By default the output does not include the privileges field. To include the field, specify showPrivileges: true when running the rolesInfo command.

Each privilege document specifies the resources and the actions allowed on the resources.

rolesInfo.inheritedPrivileges

All privileges granted by this role, including those inherited from other roles. By default the output does not include the inheritedPrivileges field. To include the field, specify showPrivileges: true when running the rolesInfo command.

Each privilege document specifies the resources and the actions allowed on the resources.

Examples

db.runCommand(
    {
      rolesInfo: { role: "associate", db: "products" }
    }
)

db.runCommand(
    {
      rolesInfo: "siteManager"
    }
)

db.runCommand(
    {
      rolesInfo: { role: "associate", db: "products" },
      showPrivileges: true
    }
)

db.runCommand(
    {
      rolesInfo: [
         { role: "associate", db: "products" },
         { role: "manager", db: "resources" }
      ]
    }
)

db.runCommand(
    {
      rolesInfo: [
         { role: "associate", db: "products" },
         { role: "manager", db: "resources" }
      ],
      showPrivileges: true
    }
)

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

db.runCommand(
    {
      rolesInfo: 1,
      showBuiltinRoles: true
    }
)