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diff --git a/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.md b/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.md index e8e492d095..9dc600b875 100644 --- a/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.md +++ b/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.md @@ -149,10 +149,11 @@ Body parameters: granting them access to the Admin API, among other things. - `deactivated` - **bool**, optional. If unspecified, deactivation state will be left unchanged. - Note: the `password` field must also be set if both of the following are true: - - `deactivated` is set to `false` and the user was previously deactivated (you are reactivating this user) - - Users are allowed to set their password on this homeserver (both `password_config.enabled` and - `password_config.localdb_enabled` config options are set to `true`). + Note: + - For the password field there is no strict check of the necessity for its presence. + It is possible to have active users without a password, e.g. when authenticating with OIDC is configured. + You must check yourself whether a password is required when reactivating a user or not. + - It is not possible to set a password if the config option `password_config.localdb_enabled` is set `false`. Users' passwords are wiped upon account deactivation, hence the need to set a new one here. Note: a user cannot be erased with this API. For more details on @@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ The following parameters should be set in the URL: **or** displaynames that contain this value. - `guests` - string representing a bool - Is optional and if `false` will **exclude** guest users. Defaults to `true` to include guest users. This parameter is not supported when MSC3861 is enabled. [See #15582](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/15582) -- `admins` - Optional flag to filter admins. If `true`, only admins are queried. If `false`, admins are excluded from +- `admins` - Optional flag to filter admins. If `true`, only admins are queried. If `false`, admins are excluded from the query. When the flag is absent (the default), **both** admins and non-admins are included in the search results. - `deactivated` - string representing a bool - Is optional and if `true` will **include** deactivated users. Defaults to `false` to exclude deactivated users. @@ -272,7 +273,7 @@ The following fields are returned in the JSON response body: - `is_guest` - bool - Status if that user is a guest account. - `admin` - bool - Status if that user is a server administrator. - `user_type` - string - Type of the user. Normal users are type `None`. - This allows user type specific behaviour. There are also types `support` and `bot`. + This allows user type specific behaviour. There are also types `support` and `bot`. - `deactivated` - bool - Status if that user has been marked as deactivated. - `erased` - bool - Status if that user has been marked as erased. - `shadow_banned` - bool - Status if that user has been marked as shadow banned. @@ -887,7 +888,7 @@ The following fields are returned in the JSON response body: ### Create a device -Creates a new device for a specific `user_id` and `device_id`. Does nothing if the `device_id` +Creates a new device for a specific `user_id` and `device_id`. Does nothing if the `device_id` exists already. The API is: @@ -1254,11 +1255,11 @@ The following parameters should be set in the URL: ## Check username availability -Checks to see if a username is available, and valid, for the server. See [the client-server +Checks to see if a username is available, and valid, for the server. See [the client-server API](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.6.0#get-matrix-client-r0-register-available) for more information. -This endpoint will work even if registration is disabled on the server, unlike +This endpoint will work even if registration is disabled on the server, unlike `/_matrix/client/r0/register/available`. The API is: |