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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index a48a0802b2..285fc5aa8a 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -525,27 +525,6 @@ Logging In To An Existing Account Just enter the ``@localpart:my.domain.here`` Matrix user ID and password into the form and click the Login button. -Password reset -============== - -Synapse does not yet support a password-reset function (see -https://matrix.org/jira/browse/SYN-11). In the meantime, it is possible to -manually reset a user's password via direct database access. - -First calculate the hash of the new password: - - $ source ~/.synapse/bin/activate - $ ./scripts/hash_password - Password: - Confirm password: - $2a$12$xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - -Then update the `users` table in the database: - - UPDATE users SET password_hash='$2a$12$xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' - WHERE name='@test:test.com'; - - Identity Servers ================ @@ -565,6 +544,26 @@ as the primary means of identity and E2E encryption is not complete. As such, we are running a single identity server (https://matrix.org) at the current time. +Password reset +============== + +If a user has registered an email address to their account using an identity +server, they can request a password-reset token via clients such as Vector. + +A manual password reset can be done via direct database access as follows. + +First calculate the hash of the new password: + + $ source ~/.synapse/bin/activate + $ ./scripts/hash_password + Password: + Confirm password: + $2a$12$xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx + +Then update the `users` table in the database: + + UPDATE users SET password_hash='$2a$12$xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' + WHERE name='@test:test.com'; Where's the spec?! ================== |