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authorTdxdxoz <tdxdxoz@gmail.com>2020-09-25 19:01:45 +0800
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2020-09-25 07:01:45 -0400
commitabd04b6af0671517a01781c8bd10fef2a6c32cc4 (patch)
treec22cde6975ccfdfa3cfae58344869a79d26f2659 /docs
parentFix schema delta for servers that have not backfilled (#8396) (diff)
downloadsynapse-abd04b6af0671517a01781c8bd10fef2a6c32cc4.tar.xz
Allow existing users to login via OpenID Connect. (#8345)
Co-authored-by: Benjamin Koch <bbbsnowball@gmail.com>

This adds configuration flags that will match a user to pre-existing users
when logging in via OpenID Connect. This is useful when switching to
an existing SSO system.
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diff --git a/docs/sample_config.yaml b/docs/sample_config.yaml
index fb04ff283d..845f537795 100644
--- a/docs/sample_config.yaml
+++ b/docs/sample_config.yaml
@@ -1689,6 +1689,11 @@ oidc_config:
   #
   #skip_verification: true
 
+  # Uncomment to allow a user logging in via OIDC to match a pre-existing account instead
+  # of failing. This could be used if switching from password logins to OIDC. Defaults to false.
+  #
+  #allow_existing_users: true
+
   # An external module can be provided here as a custom solution to mapping
   # attributes returned from a OIDC provider onto a matrix user.
   #