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10 changes: 8 additions & 2 deletions source/tutorial/control-access-to-mongodb-with-authentication.txt
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Expand Up @@ -226,15 +226,21 @@ authentication with specific MongoDB deployments:
Generate a Key File
-------------------

Use the following command at the system shell to generate pseudo-random
Use the following openssl command at the system shell to generate pseudo-random
content for a key file:

.. code-block:: sh

openssl rand -base64 753
openssl rand -base64 741

.. note::

The length should not be too high and should be a multiple of 3.

On Windows, the maximum size you can request and not have to deal with equals signs is 741.

On non-Windows systems, the maximum is 753.

Be aware that MongoDB strips whitespace characters (e.g. ``x0d``,
``x09``, and ``x20``,) for cross-platform convenience. As a result,
the following keys are identical:
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