server returned error on SASL authentication step: Authentication failed

Question

The following is my MongoDB connection dial from GoLang. But it\'s returning a panic \"server returned error on SASL authentication step: Authentication failed.\".

Answer 1

I got my answer from this link: https://newbiedba.wordpress.com/2016/11/21/mongodb-3-2-server-returned-error-on-sasl-authentication-step-authentication-failed/

Except for all answers above, the only unmentioned reason is that my password has a special character '$' in it. I think this is a very common practice to have special characters and this may trip many without this simple tip:

When using command line mongo/mongostat/etc.. Single quote your username or password that has special characters!