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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions source/reference/system-defined-roles.txt
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Expand Up @@ -475,6 +475,17 @@ The following role provides full privileges on all resources in the cluster:
Provides access to all the operations and all the resources of *of all
other roles combined*. A user with this role is a superuser.

Internal Role
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.. authrole:: __system

MongoDB assigns this role to user objects that represent cluster members,
such as replica set members and :program:`mongos` instances. The role
entitles its holder to take any action against any object in the database.
**Do not** assign this role to user objects representing applications or
human administrators, other than in exceptional circumstances.

.. todo: does this still apply?

.. :dbcommand:`applyOps`, :dbcommand:`eval`, and :method:`db.eval()` require
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