Merge pull request #729 from matrix-org/dbkr/fix_login_nonexistent_user

Fix login to error for nonexistent users

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/handlers/auth.py b/synapse/handlers/auth.py

index 7a13a8b11c..9341cb5cfe 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/auth.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/auth.py
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
             user_id, password_hash = yield self._find_user_id_and_pwd_hash(user_id)
             defer.returnValue(not self.validate_hash(password, password_hash))
         except LoginError:
-            defer.returnValue(False)
+            defer.returnValue(True)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _check_ldap_password(self, user_id, password):