Add options to disable setting profile info for prevent changes.

2 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/config/registration.py b/synapse/config/registration.py
index 9bb3beedbc..d9f452dcea 100644
--- a/synapse/config/registration.py
+++ b/synapse/config/registration.py
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ class RegistrationConfig(Config):
                 raise ConfigError("Invalid auto_join_rooms entry %s" % (room_alias,))
         self.autocreate_auto_join_rooms = config.get("autocreate_auto_join_rooms", True)
 
+        self.disable_set_displayname = config.get("disable_set_displayname", False)
+        self.disable_set_avatar_url = config.get("disable_set_avatar_url", False)
+
         self.disable_msisdn_registration = config.get(
             "disable_msisdn_registration", False
         )
@@ -330,6 +333,14 @@ class RegistrationConfig(Config):
             #email: https://example.com     # Delegate email sending to example.com
             #msisdn: http://localhost:8090  # Delegate SMS sending to this local process
 
+        # If enabled, don't let users set their own display names/avatars
+        # other than for the very first time (unless they are a server admin).
+        # Useful when provisioning users based on the contents of a 3rd party
+        # directory and to avoid ambiguities.
+        #
+        # disable_set_displayname: False
+        # disable_set_avatar_url: False
+
         # Users who register on this homeserver will automatically be joined
         # to these rooms
         #
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/profile.py b/synapse/handlers/profile.py
index 50ce0c585b..fb7e84f3b8 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/profile.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/profile.py
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ class BaseProfileHandler(BaseHandler):
         if not by_admin and target_user != requester.user:
             raise AuthError(400, "Cannot set another user's displayname")
 
+        if not by_admin and self.hs.config.disable_set_displayname:
+            profile = yield self.store.get_profileinfo(target_user.localpart)
+            if profile.display_name:
+                raise SynapseError(400, "Changing displayname is disabled on this server")
+
         if len(new_displayname) > MAX_DISPLAYNAME_LEN:
             raise SynapseError(
                 400, "Displayname is too long (max %i)" % (MAX_DISPLAYNAME_LEN,)
@@ -218,6 +223,11 @@ class BaseProfileHandler(BaseHandler):
         if not by_admin and target_user != requester.user:
             raise AuthError(400, "Cannot set another user's avatar_url")
 
+        if not by_admin and self.hs.config.disable_set_avatar_url:
+            profile = yield self.store.get_profileinfo(target_user.localpart)
+            if profile.avatar_url:
+                raise SynapseError(400, "Changing avatar url is disabled on this server")
+
         if len(new_avatar_url) > MAX_AVATAR_URL_LEN:
             raise SynapseError(
                 400, "Avatar URL is too long (max %i)" % (MAX_AVATAR_URL_LEN,)