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| author | reivilibre <oliverw@matrix.org> | 2022-05-27 10:44:51 +0100 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-05-27 09:44:51 +0000 |
| commit | 7b88f5a107ce9751365f9f2393521ef3d62afde8 (patch) | |
| tree | b93a748112b6ea0c0dc038f9755f0ee0683de67f /docs | |
| parent | Improve URL previews by not including the content of media tags in the genera... (diff) | |
| download | synapse-7b88f5a107ce9751365f9f2393521ef3d62afde8.tar.xz | |
Add an option allowing users to use their password to reauthenticate even though password authentication is disabled. (#12883)
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/sample_config.yaml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/usage/configuration/config_documentation.md | 3 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/sample_config.yaml b/docs/sample_config.yaml index ee98d193cb..e0abcd3b03 100644 --- a/docs/sample_config.yaml +++ b/docs/sample_config.yaml @@ -2216,7 +2216,9 @@ sso: password_config: - # Uncomment to disable password login + # Uncomment to disable password login. + # Set to `only_for_reauth` to permit reauthentication for users that + # have passwords and are already logged in. # #enabled: false diff --git a/docs/usage/configuration/config_documentation.md b/docs/usage/configuration/config_documentation.md index 0f5bda32b9..295cece7e8 100644 --- a/docs/usage/configuration/config_documentation.md +++ b/docs/usage/configuration/config_documentation.md @@ -2930,6 +2930,9 @@ Use this setting to enable password-based logins. This setting has the following sub-options: * `enabled`: Defaults to true. + Set to false to disable password authentication. + Set to `only_for_reauth` to allow users with existing passwords to use them + to log in and reauthenticate, whilst preventing new users from setting passwords. * `localdb_enabled`: Set to false to disable authentication against the local password database. This is ignored if `enabled` is false, and is only useful if you have other `password_providers`. Defaults to true. |