Sign in with Mongo shell without having password shown?

Question

How can I sign into the Mongo shell without showing my password? Everything says to either use

mongo -u user -p password -authenticationDatabase admin

or

mongo
> use admin;
> db.auth('user', 'password')

I don't like either one. The first leaves a command in cmd's history. The second isn't in the history but it still displays on screen in plain text. I tried only specifying a user in hopes I'd get a password prompt that doesn't display characters as I type, but in both cases an error occurs.

Is there a way to sign into Mongo in a way that doesn't put my password on the screen or store it in an insecure file (like a .bat or anything)?

I'm operating in Windows 7.

Answer 1

If you add a flag -p but you don't specify a password, MongoDB shell will prompt you for a password.

mongo -u user -p --authenticationDatabase admin 

The password will be hidden as you type and will not be recorded in the shell history.

Answer 2

mongo admin -u admin -p works (with the least typing), as noted by Corey.
The 1st "admin" is the database, and the 2nd "admin" is the user.