Regarding mongodb's users in system.users

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The only way is to access via mongo shell. Mongo Compass can’t access them. Is there any better way to view the hundred or thousands of users in a better way or GUI? Because it is really ridiculous to see 100+ users in the command shell.

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Hi @why_npnt,

To help provide relevant suggestions, please provide some more information about your use case and the output or interaction you’d like to achieve:

  • Are you trying to export or scroll through hundred of users?

  • Do you need to see all user information or just a subset of the fields?

  • What specific version of MongoDB server are you using?

  • Are you using a self-hosted deployment or a managed service (for example, MongoDB Atlas)?

I expect you may want to count or filter a long list of users using some criteria rather than paging through a very long list. In a mongo 4.0+ shell the db.getUsers() helper accepts a filter condition to limit output to users matching the filter criteria.

Regards,
Stennie

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  1. scroll through and overview existing fields.
  2. all users.
  3. community.
  4. self hosted, local mongod.

filter is not required. user input registration is random via test. overview is required.