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Asked: 2026-05-30T06:09:28+00:00

$ mongo MongoDB shell version: 2.0.0 connecting to: test > use admin switched to

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$ mongo
MongoDB shell version: 2.0.0
connecting to: test
> use admin
switched to db admin
> db.auth('admin', '******')
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Then I can connect to other databases and run commands

Then I accidentally hit ctrl-C, so I try to login again.

$ mongo 
MongoDB shell version: 2.0.0
connecting to: test
> use admin
switched to db admin
> db.auth('admin', '******')
0

I can no longer auth against the admin collection. I assume this is because my previous login somehow didn’t get cleared out, or is locked? How do I fix that?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Found it! Just needed to get rid of the lock file. For me, this was here:

    /ap/mongo/data/db/mongod.lock

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