Don't warn user about password reset disabling through config code (#5387)

Moves the warning about password resets being disabled to the point where a user actually tries to reset their password. Is this an appropriate place for it to happen?

Also removed the disabling of msisdn password resets when you don't have an email config, as that just doesn't make sense.

Also change the error a user receives upon disabled passwords to specify that only email-based password reset is disabled.

2 files changed, 20 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/config/emailconfig.py b/synapse/config/emailconfig.py
index ae04252906..86018dfcce 100644
--- a/synapse/config/emailconfig.py
+++ b/synapse/config/emailconfig.py
@@ -19,15 +19,12 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 
 # This file can't be called email.py because if it is, we cannot:
 import email.utils
-import logging
 import os
 
 import pkg_resources
 
 from ._base import Config, ConfigError
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
 
 class EmailConfig(Config):
     def read_config(self, config):
@@ -85,10 +82,12 @@ class EmailConfig(Config):
         self.email_password_reset_behaviour = (
             "remote" if email_trust_identity_server_for_password_resets else "local"
         )
+        self.password_resets_were_disabled_due_to_email_config = False
         if self.email_password_reset_behaviour == "local" and email_config == {}:
-            logger.warn(
-                "User password resets have been disabled due to lack of email config"
-            )
+            # We cannot warn the user this has happened here
+            # Instead do so when a user attempts to reset their password
+            self.password_resets_were_disabled_due_to_email_config = True
+
             self.email_password_reset_behaviour = "off"
 
         # Get lifetime of a validation token in milliseconds
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py
index e4c63b69b9..7cfd7ae7dc 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py
@@ -68,7 +68,13 @@ class EmailPasswordRequestTokenRestServlet(RestServlet):
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def on_POST(self, request):
         if self.config.email_password_reset_behaviour == "off":
-            raise SynapseError(400, "Password resets have been disabled on this server")
+            if self.config.password_resets_were_disabled_due_to_email_config:
+                logger.warn(
+                    "User password resets have been disabled due to lack of email config"
+                )
+            raise SynapseError(
+                400, "Email-based password resets have been disabled on this server",
+            )
 
         body = parse_json_object_from_request(request)
 
@@ -196,9 +202,6 @@ class MsisdnPasswordRequestTokenRestServlet(RestServlet):
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def on_POST(self, request):
-        if not self.config.email_password_reset_behaviour == "off":
-            raise SynapseError(400, "Password resets have been disabled on this server")
-
         body = parse_json_object_from_request(request)
 
         assert_params_in_dict(body, [
@@ -251,6 +254,14 @@ class PasswordResetSubmitTokenServlet(RestServlet):
                 400,
                 "This medium is currently not supported for password resets",
             )
+        if self.config.email_password_reset_behaviour == "off":
+            if self.config.password_resets_were_disabled_due_to_email_config:
+                logger.warn(
+                    "User password resets have been disabled due to lack of email config"
+                )
+            raise SynapseError(
+                400, "Email-based password resets have been disabled on this server",
+            )
 
         sid = parse_string(request, "sid")
         client_secret = parse_string(request, "client_secret")