MongoDB : Cloning Database error?

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When I try to clone my mongo database from other machine, I see the following on client

 db.cloneDatabase('10.10.124.110')
{ "errmsg" : "query failed staging.system.namespaces", "ok" : 0 }

and on server I see

Thu Nov 10 11:29:01 [conn10] assertion 10057 unauthorized db:staging lock type:-1 client:10.10.124.110 ns:staging.system.namespaces query:{}

How can I resolve this issue?

Justin Jenkins · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-10 20:37:15Z

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That error seems a lot like this one https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-2846 where an error is thrown because copyDatabase() ... which cloneDatabase() uses ... requires Admin privileges. In that case the user is using a hosted MongoDB instance where they didn't have admin privileges.

You can see some more about how to use the copyDatabase() command here and here.

So, for example if you are using -auth a username/password you'll need to run the copyDatabase() command like this:

> db.copyDatabase(from_db, to_db, from_host, username, password);

answered Nov 10, 2011 at 20:37

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Joe Carr · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-14 01:52:36Z

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I was able to just resolve this error by querying the PRIMARY host in a replicaSet, rather than the SECONDARY.

answered Jan 14, 2013 at 1:52

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