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DOCS-1250: Read-only users can't read system.users. #760

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8 changes: 5 additions & 3 deletions source/administration/security.txt
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Expand Up @@ -277,9 +277,11 @@ authentication system:
db.system.users.find()

- The ``admin`` database is unique. Users with *normal* access to the
``admin`` database have read and write access to all
databases. Users with *read only* access to the ``admin`` database
have read only access to all databases.
``admin`` database have read and write access to all databases. Users
with *read only* access to the ``admin`` database have read only
access to all databases, with the exception of the ``system.users``
collection, which is protected to prevent privilege escalation
attacks.

Additionally the ``admin`` database exposes several commands and
functionality, such as :dbcommand:`listDatabases`.
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