From 1035663833a76196c3e3ba425fd6500c5420bbe2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kostas Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:01:03 +0100 Subject: Add config for customizing the claim used for JWT logins. (#11361) Allows specifying a different claim (from the default "sub") to use when calculating the localpart of the Matrix ID used during the JWT login. --- docs/jwt.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/jwt.md') diff --git a/docs/jwt.md b/docs/jwt.md index 5be9fd26e3..32f58cc0cb 100644 --- a/docs/jwt.md +++ b/docs/jwt.md @@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ will be removed in a future version of Synapse. The `token` field should include the JSON web token with the following claims: -* The `sub` (subject) claim is required and should encode the local part of the - user ID. +* A claim that encodes the local part of the user ID is required. By default, + the `sub` (subject) claim is used, or a custom claim can be set in the + configuration file. * The expiration time (`exp`), not before time (`nbf`), and issued at (`iat`) claims are optional, but validated if present. * The issuer (`iss`) claim is optional, but required and validated if configured. -- cgit 1.5.1