MongoDB shell history doesn't remember 'authentications'

Question

The command line history of the interactive shell for MongoDB (2.0.4 on MacOSX Lion) doesn't work when I use commands on a collection called 'authentications', but it works fine for everything else, it seems.

$ mongo mydb
MongoDB shell version: 2.0.4
connecting to: mydb
> db.aimsx.find().count()
45
>

Now if I hit up arrow, I get this:

> db.aimsx.find().count()

Works fine. However, now I run a command on the collection 'authentications':

> db.authentications.find().count()
795
>

When I hit up arrow now, I get this:

> db.aimsx.find().count()

No command on 'authentications' can be found in the history or in the ~/.dbshell file. Anyone has an explanation for this?

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 18 '12 at 17:16

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It's a too-simple security mechanism. We don't save things that look like ".auth" to the history. There is a JIRA ticket asking to make this better.

edited Apr 18 '12 at 17:16

mpobrien

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answered Apr 18 '12 at 14:32

Tad Marshall

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Thanks. I suspected it, but it's nice with confirmation. – user1139040 Apr 20 '12 at 13:52

MongoDB shell history doesn't remember 'authentications'

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