Show users show users in current database Show collections show collections in current database Oh it listens only to a Unix socket, so let’s try it: $ mongo -host /usr/lib/unifi/run/mongodb-27117.sockĬonnecting to: mongodb://%2Fusr%2Flib%2Funifi%2Frun%2Fmongodb-27117.sock/Īwesome, we’re in! Knowing nothing about MongoDB, I appreciate the hint of starting with help: > helpĭb.mycoll.help() help on collection methods Unix 2 STREAM LISTENING 22071 /usr/lib/unifi/run/mongodb-27117.sock What port is it running in? $ netstat -na | grep mongo Running $ mongo now works but it didn’t manage to connect to the default TCP port. Mongodb-org-server/xenial,now 3.4.17 amd64 MongoDB open source document-oriented database system (metapackage) Also, from the above package we know we probably should search with I should be able to see more MongoDB related stuff, so because they’re missing we must Third try: explore the databaseĪfter entering the container, $ mongo (the CLI for MongoDB) didn’t exist, so we need to install it: $ apt search mongo I didn’t find the user account details by exploring the Unifi controller’s saved files in the filesystem. I guess I should have configured some SMTP defails when My first instinct was to try the “Forgot password?” feature. The objective: find out the username and reset the password. Something meaningful in a really short time. It’s also a side story of the powerful help in MongoDB that helped me go from zero to doing Quotes, because it’s not much hacking when I had root access to to Here’s a small explorative story of my thought process and how I managed to “break in” back Lesson learned: recognize the fact that a “test installation” might be promoted to production. New instance of the controller - so I was left scratching my head as to how to break in. To the controller, it would require some effort to re-adopt and configure the gear into a Some time passed, and I forgot not only the password, but also the username. Password in a password manager but instead I probably wrote it down in Windows Notepad,Īnd Windows 10 being a total dick, just one day restarted losing what I had in notepad. Recently I purchased some Unifi gear, and I installed theĬontroller software mainly as a test, and thus I did not immediately save the username and

Forgot password to access database