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`authdb` option not working

See original GitHub issue

using

    var connectionString = 'mongodb://' + config.database.username + ':' + config.database.password + '@' + config.database.host + ':' + config.database.port + '/' + dbname;
    var connection = mongoose.createConnection(connectionString);

everything is replaced fine. user is create via mongo shell db.addUser() and has role ‘readWriteAnyDatabase’. User can connect via mongo shell and query the db. But not via mongoose.

    MongoError: not authorized for query on punch.shops
    >>     at Object.toError (/var/www/virtual/punch/html/punch/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/utils.js:110:11)
    >>     at /var/www/virtual/punch/html/punch/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/cursor.js:634:54
    >>     at Cursor.close (/var/www/virtual/punch/html/punch/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/cursor.js:903:5)
    >>     at commandHandler (/var/www/virtual/punch/html/punch/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/cursor.js:634:21)
    >>     at /var/www/virtual/punch/html/punch/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/db.js:1670:9
    >>     at Server.Base._callHandler (/var/www/virtual/punch/html/punch/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/connection/base.js:382:41)
    >>     at /var/www/virtual/punch/html/punch/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/connection/server.js:472:18
    >>     at MongoReply.parseBody (/var/www/virtual/punch/html/punch/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/responses/mongo_reply.js:68:5)
    >>     at null.<anonymous> (/var/www/virtual/punch/html/punch/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/connection/server.js:430:20)
    >>     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)
    >> Exited with code: 8.

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frty2commented, Oct 18, 2013

After hours of debugging I found the solution: use the authdb option.

     var opt = {
            user: config.database.username,
            pass: config.database.password,
            auth: {
                authdb: 'admin'
            }
        };

        var connection = mongoose.createConnection(config.database.host, 'mydatabase', config.database.port, opt);

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thevincicommented, Oct 29, 2014

For some reason I am able to connect to the admin database and create records with no problems.

This is how I am connecting:

var options = {
   user: USER,
   pass: PASS,
   auth: {
       authdb: 'admin'
   }
};

var db = mongoose.connect('localhost', 'database', 28017, options);

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