grantRolesToRole¶

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Definition¶

grantRolesToRole¶

The grantRolesToRole command affects roles on the database where the command runs. grantRolesToRole has the following syntax:

{ grantRolesToRole: "<role>",
  roles: [
             { role: "<role>", db: "<database>" },
             ...
         ],
  writeConcern: { <write concern> }
}

The grantRolesToRole command has the following fields:

Field	Type	Description
`grantRolesToRole`	string	The name of a role to add subsidiary roles.
`roles`	array	An array of roles from which to inherit.
`writeConcern`	document	Optional. The level of write concern for the modification. The `writeConcern` document takes the same fields as the `getLastError` command.

In the roles field, you can specify both built-in roles and user-defined role.

To specify a role that exists in the same database where grantRolesToRole runs, you can either specify the role with the name of the role:

"readWrite"

Or you can specify the role with a document, as in:

{ role: "<role>", db: "<database>" }

To specify a role that exists in a different database, specify the role with a document.

Behavior¶

A role can inherit privileges from other roles in its database. A role created on the admin database can inherit privileges from roles in any database.

Required Access¶

You must have the grantRole action on a database to grant a role on that database.

Example¶

The following grantRolesToRole command updates the productsReaderWriter role in the products database to inherit the privileges of the productsReader role in the products database:

use products
db.runCommand(
   { grantRolesToRole: "productsReaderWriter",
     roles: [
              "productsReader"
     ],
     writeConcern: { w: "majority" , wtimeout: 5000 }
   }
)

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