title: uncaught exception: SyntaxError: unexpected token: identifier :when trying to log into as an admin for mongo shell
body: <p>I am following this tutorial</p>
  <p><a href="https://docs.nodebb.org/installing/os/windows/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.nodebb.org/installing/os/windows/</a></p>
  <p>I got thru most of it easily but when I go to login as an admin with this command:</p>
  <pre><code>mongo -u admin -p ojo --authenticationDatabase=admin
  </code></pre>
  <p>I get an error:</p>
  <pre><code>uncaught exception: SyntaxError: unexpected token: identifier :
  @(shell):1:9
  </code></pre>
  <p>ojo is the password btw</p>
  <p>the admin account was created and it shows up when you run show users</p>
  <pre><code>show users
  {
          &quot;_id&quot; : &quot;admin.admin&quot;,
          &quot;userId&quot; : UUID(&quot;e3c3df1d-f63d-48e3-ae65-b9cf03c86333&quot;),
          &quot;user&quot; : &quot;admin&quot;,
          &quot;db&quot; : &quot;admin&quot;,
          &quot;roles&quot; : [
                  {
                          &quot;role&quot; : &quot;root&quot;,
                          &quot;db&quot; : &quot;admin&quot;
                  }
          ],
          &quot;mechanisms&quot; : [
                  &quot;SCRAM-SHA-1&quot;,
                  &quot;SCRAM-SHA-256&quot;
          ]
  }
  {
          &quot;_id&quot; : &quot;admin.admin2&quot;,
          &quot;userId&quot; : UUID(&quot;0b87390b-2c08-4e21-9183-8a2406a9304e&quot;),
          &quot;user&quot; : &quot;admin2&quot;,
          &quot;db&quot; : &quot;admin&quot;,
          &quot;roles&quot; : [
                  {
                          &quot;role&quot; : &quot;root&quot;,
                          &quot;db&quot; : &quot;admin&quot;
                  }
          ],
          &quot;mechanisms&quot; : [
                  &quot;SCRAM-SHA-1&quot;,
                  &quot;SCRAM-SHA-256&quot;
          ]
  }
  </code></pre>
  <p>What am I doing incorrectly? Tried many attempts.</p>