Merge pull request #928 from matrix-org/rav/refactor_login

Refactor login flow

1 files changed, 59 insertions, 47 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/handlers/auth.py b/synapse/handlers/auth.py
index 5a0ed9d6b9..983994fa95 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/auth.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/auth.py
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
         sess = self._get_session_info(session_id)
         return sess.setdefault('serverdict', {}).get(key, default)
 
-    @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _check_password_auth(self, authdict, _):
         if "user" not in authdict or "password" not in authdict:
             raise LoginError(400, "", Codes.MISSING_PARAM)
@@ -240,11 +239,7 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
         if not user_id.startswith('@'):
             user_id = UserID.create(user_id, self.hs.hostname).to_string()
 
-        if not (yield self._check_password(user_id, password)):
-            logger.warn("Failed password login for user %s", user_id)
-            raise LoginError(403, "", errcode=Codes.FORBIDDEN)
-
-        defer.returnValue(user_id)
+        return self._check_password(user_id, password)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _check_recaptcha(self, authdict, clientip):
@@ -348,67 +343,66 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
 
         return self.sessions[session_id]
 
-    @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def login_with_password(self, user_id, password):
+    def validate_password_login(self, user_id, password):
         """
         Authenticates the user with their username and password.
 
         Used only by the v1 login API.
 
         Args:
-            user_id (str): User ID
+            user_id (str): complete @user:id
             password (str): Password
         Returns:
-            A tuple of:
-              The user's ID.
-              The access token for the user's session.
-              The refresh token for the user's session.
+            defer.Deferred: (str) canonical user id
         Raises:
-            StoreError if there was a problem storing the token.
+            StoreError if there was a problem accessing the database
             LoginError if there was an authentication problem.
         """
-
-        if not (yield self._check_password(user_id, password)):
-            logger.warn("Failed password login for user %s", user_id)
-            raise LoginError(403, "", errcode=Codes.FORBIDDEN)
-
-        logger.info("Logging in user %s", user_id)
-        access_token = yield self.issue_access_token(user_id)
-        refresh_token = yield self.issue_refresh_token(user_id)
-        defer.returnValue((user_id, access_token, refresh_token))
+        return self._check_password(user_id, password)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def get_login_tuple_for_user_id(self, user_id):
         """
         Gets login tuple for the user with the given user ID.
+
+        Creates a new access/refresh token for the user.
+
         The user is assumed to have been authenticated by some other
-        machanism (e.g. CAS)
+        machanism (e.g. CAS), and the user_id converted to the canonical case.
 
         Args:
-            user_id (str): User ID
+            user_id (str): canonical User ID
         Returns:
             A tuple of:
-              The user's ID.
               The access token for the user's session.
               The refresh token for the user's session.
         Raises:
             StoreError if there was a problem storing the token.
             LoginError if there was an authentication problem.
         """
-        user_id, ignored = yield self._find_user_id_and_pwd_hash(user_id)
-
         logger.info("Logging in user %s", user_id)
         access_token = yield self.issue_access_token(user_id)
         refresh_token = yield self.issue_refresh_token(user_id)
-        defer.returnValue((user_id, access_token, refresh_token))
+        defer.returnValue((access_token, refresh_token))
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def does_user_exist(self, user_id):
+    def check_user_exists(self, user_id):
+        """
+        Checks to see if a user with the given id exists. Will check case
+        insensitively, but return None if there are multiple inexact matches.
+
+        Args:
+            (str) user_id: complete @user:id
+
+        Returns:
+            defer.Deferred: (str) canonical_user_id, or None if zero or
+            multiple matches
+        """
         try:
-            yield self._find_user_id_and_pwd_hash(user_id)
-            defer.returnValue(True)
+            res = yield self._find_user_id_and_pwd_hash(user_id)
+            defer.returnValue(res[0])
         except LoginError:
-            defer.returnValue(False)
+            defer.returnValue(None)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _find_user_id_and_pwd_hash(self, user_id):
@@ -438,27 +432,45 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _check_password(self, user_id, password):
-        """
+        """Authenticate a user against the LDAP and local databases.
+
+        user_id is checked case insensitively against the local database, but
+        will throw if there are multiple inexact matches.
+
+        Args:
+            user_id (str): complete @user:id
         Returns:
-            True if the user_id successfully authenticated
+            (str) the canonical_user_id
+        Raises:
+            LoginError if the password was incorrect
         """
         valid_ldap = yield self._check_ldap_password(user_id, password)
         if valid_ldap:
-            defer.returnValue(True)
+            defer.returnValue(user_id)
 
-        valid_local_password = yield self._check_local_password(user_id, password)
-        if valid_local_password:
-            defer.returnValue(True)
-
-        defer.returnValue(False)
+        result = yield self._check_local_password(user_id, password)
+        defer.returnValue(result)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _check_local_password(self, user_id, password):
-        try:
-            user_id, password_hash = yield self._find_user_id_and_pwd_hash(user_id)
-            defer.returnValue(self.validate_hash(password, password_hash))
-        except LoginError:
-            defer.returnValue(False)
+        """Authenticate a user against the local password database.
+
+        user_id is checked case insensitively, but will throw if there are
+        multiple inexact matches.
+
+        Args:
+            user_id (str): complete @user:id
+        Returns:
+            (str) the canonical_user_id
+        Raises:
+            LoginError if the password was incorrect
+        """
+        user_id, password_hash = yield self._find_user_id_and_pwd_hash(user_id)
+        result = self.validate_hash(password, password_hash)
+        if not result:
+            logger.warn("Failed password login for user %s", user_id)
+            raise LoginError(403, "", errcode=Codes.FORBIDDEN)
+        defer.returnValue(user_id)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _check_ldap_password(self, user_id, password):
@@ -570,7 +582,7 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
             )
 
             # check for existing account, if none exists, create one
-            if not (yield self.does_user_exist(user_id)):
+            if not (yield self.check_user_exists(user_id)):
                 # query user metadata for account creation
                 query = "({prop}={value})".format(
                     prop=self.ldap_attributes['uid'],