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author | Richard van der Hoff <richard@matrix.org> | 2016-03-16 09:45:37 +0000 |
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committer | Richard van der Hoff <richard@matrix.org> | 2016-03-16 09:45:37 +0000 |
commit | a877209c8b0c7c476ee6676c6d00c4cacdc83207 (patch) | |
tree | 3a36598959b0dd566ad561754eaba97f06051588 /README.rst | |
parent | Merge pull request #646 from matrix-org/erikj/reject_invite_federation (diff) | |
download | synapse-a877209c8b0c7c476ee6676c6d00c4cacdc83207.tar.xz |
Password reset docs and script
Replace the bash/perl gen_password script with a python one, and write a note on how to use it.
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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 8a745259bf..a48a0802b2 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -525,6 +525,26 @@ Logging In To An Existing Account Just enter the ``@localpart:my.domain.here`` Matrix user ID and password into the form and click the Login button. +Password reset +============== + +Synapse does not yet support a password-reset function (see +https://matrix.org/jira/browse/SYN-11). In the meantime, it is possible to +manually reset a user's password via direct database access. + +First calculate the hash of the new password: + + $ source ~/.synapse/bin/activate + $ ./scripts/hash_password + Password: + Confirm password: + $2a$12$xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx + +Then update the `users` table in the database: + + UPDATE users SET password_hash='$2a$12$xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' + WHERE name='@test:test.com'; + Identity Servers ================ |