Can't create backup mongodump with --db. Authentication failed

Question

When I create backup of all databases in MongoDB (version 3):

mongodump --username bacUser --password 12345

It\'s OK. But when I try to cre

Answer 1

This should work.

mongodump -h SERVER_NAME:PORT -d DATABASE_NAME -u DATABASE_USER -p PASSWORD

Also this error can popup if username or password are wrong.