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diff --git a/docs/setup/installation.md b/docs/setup/installation.md index 260e50577b..bb78b3267a 100644 --- a/docs/setup/installation.md +++ b/docs/setup/installation.md @@ -506,9 +506,13 @@ email will be disabled. ### Registering a user -The easiest way to create a new user is to do so from a client like [Element](https://element.io/). +One way to create a new user is to do so from a client like +[Element](https://element.io/). This requires registration to be enabled via +the +[`enable_registration`](../usage/configuration/config_documentation.md#enable_registration) +setting. -Alternatively, you can do so from the command line. This can be done as follows: +Alternatively, you can create new users from the command line. This can be done as follows: 1. If synapse was installed via pip, activate the virtualenv as follows (if Synapse was installed via a prebuilt package, `register_new_matrix_user` should already be @@ -520,7 +524,7 @@ Alternatively, you can do so from the command line. This can be done as follows: ``` 2. Run the following command: ```sh - register_new_matrix_user -c homeserver.yaml http://localhost:8008 + register_new_matrix_user -c homeserver.yaml ``` This will prompt you to add details for the new user, and will then connect to @@ -533,12 +537,13 @@ Make admin [no]: Success! ``` -This process uses a setting `registration_shared_secret` in -`homeserver.yaml`, which is shared between Synapse itself and the -`register_new_matrix_user` script. It doesn't matter what it is (a random -value is generated by `--generate-config`), but it should be kept secret, as -anyone with knowledge of it can register users, including admin accounts, -on your server even if `enable_registration` is `false`. +This process uses a setting +[`registration_shared_secret`](../usage/configuration/config_documentation.md#registration_shared_secret), +which is shared between Synapse itself and the `register_new_matrix_user` +script. It doesn't matter what it is (a random value is generated by +`--generate-config`), but it should be kept secret, as anyone with knowledge of +it can register users, including admin accounts, on your server even if +`enable_registration` is `false`. ### Setting up a TURN server |