Merge branch 'develop' of github.com:matrix-org/synapse into neilj/mau_tracker

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v1/admin.py b/synapse/rest/client/v1/admin.py
index 99f6c6e3c3..80d625eecc 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v1/admin.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v1/admin.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import hashlib
 import hmac
 import logging
 
+from six import text_type
 from six.moves import http_client
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
@@ -131,7 +132,10 @@ class UserRegisterServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
                 400, "username must be specified", errcode=Codes.BAD_JSON,
             )
         else:
-            if (not isinstance(body['username'], str) or len(body['username']) > 512):
+            if (
+                not isinstance(body['username'], text_type)
+                or len(body['username']) > 512
+            ):
                 raise SynapseError(400, "Invalid username")
 
             username = body["username"].encode("utf-8")
@@ -143,7 +147,10 @@ class UserRegisterServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
                 400, "password must be specified", errcode=Codes.BAD_JSON,
             )
         else:
-            if (not isinstance(body['password'], str) or len(body['password']) > 512):
+            if (
+                not isinstance(body['password'], text_type)
+                or len(body['password']) > 512
+            ):
                 raise SynapseError(400, "Invalid password")
 
             password = body["password"].encode("utf-8")
@@ -166,17 +173,18 @@ class UserRegisterServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
         want_mac.update(b"admin" if admin else b"notadmin")
         want_mac = want_mac.hexdigest()
 
-        if not hmac.compare_digest(want_mac, got_mac):
-            raise SynapseError(
-                403, "HMAC incorrect",
-            )
+        if not hmac.compare_digest(want_mac, got_mac.encode('ascii')):
+            raise SynapseError(403, "HMAC incorrect")
 
         # Reuse the parts of RegisterRestServlet to reduce code duplication
         from synapse.rest.client.v2_alpha.register import RegisterRestServlet
+
         register = RegisterRestServlet(self.hs)
 
         (user_id, _) = yield register.registration_handler.register(
-            localpart=username.lower(), password=password, admin=bool(admin),
+            localpart=body['username'].lower(),
+            password=body["password"],
+            admin=bool(admin),
             generate_token=False,
         )