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profile data (avatars, display names) of other @@ -3439,53 +3443,126 @@ users by always returning an empty list for all queries. Defaults to true.</p> </code></pre> <hr /> <h3 id="alias_creation_rules"><a class="header" href="#alias_creation_rules"><code>alias_creation_rules</code></a></h3> -<p>The <code>alias_creation_rules</code> option controls who is allowed to create aliases -on this server.</p> -<p>The format of this option is a list of rules that contain globs that -match against user_id, room_id and the new alias (fully qualified with -server name). The action in the first rule that matches is taken, -which can currently either be "allow" or "deny".</p> -<p>Missing user_id/room_id/alias fields default to "*".</p> -<p>If no rules match the request is denied. An empty list means no one -can create aliases.</p> -<p>Options for the rules include:</p> +<p>The <code>alias_creation_rules</code> option allows server admins to prevent unwanted +alias creation on this server.</p> +<p>This setting is an optional list of 0 or more rules. By default, no list is +provided, meaning that all alias creations are permitted.</p> +<p>Otherwise, requests to create aliases are matched against each rule in order. +The first rule that matches decides if the request is allowed or denied. If no +rule matches, the request is denied. In particular, this means that configuring +an empty list of rules will deny every alias creation request.</p> +<p>Each rule is a YAML object containing four fields, each of which is an optional string:</p> <ul> -<li><code>user_id</code>: Matches against the creator of the alias. Defaults to "*".</li> -<li><code>alias</code>: Matches against the alias being created. Defaults to "*".</li> -<li><code>room_id</code>: Matches against the room ID the alias is being pointed at. Defaults to "*"</li> -<li><code>action</code>: Whether to "allow" or "deny" the request if the rule matches. Defaults to allow.</li> +<li><code>user_id</code>: a glob pattern that matches against the creator of the alias.</li> +<li><code>alias</code>: a glob pattern that matches against the alias being created.</li> +<li><code>room_id</code>: a glob pattern that matches against the room ID the alias is being pointed at.</li> +<li><code>action</code>: either <code>allow</code> or <code>deny</code>. What to do with the request if the rule matches. Defaults to <code>allow</code>.</li> </ul> -<p>Example configuration:</p> -<pre><code class="language-yaml">alias_creation_rules: - - user_id: "bad_user" - alias: "spammy_alias" - room_id: "*" +<p>Each of the glob patterns is optional, defaulting to <code>*</code> ("match anything"). +Note that the patterns match against fully qualified IDs, e.g. against +<code>@alice:example.com</code>, <code>#room:example.com</code> and <code>!abcdefghijk:example.com</code> instead +of <code>alice</code>, <code>room</code> and <code>abcedgghijk</code>.</p> +<p>Example configuration:</p> +<pre><code class="language-yaml"># No rule list specified. All alias creations are allowed. +# This is the default behaviour. +alias_creation_rules: +</code></pre> +<pre><code class="language-yaml"># A list of one rule which allows everything. +# This has the same effect as the previous example. +alias_creation_rules: + - "action": "allow" +</code></pre> +<pre><code class="language-yaml"># An empty list of rules. All alias creations are denied. +alias_creation_rules: [] +</code></pre> +<pre><code class="language-yaml"># A list of one rule which denies everything. +# This has the same effect as the previous example. +alias_creation_rules: + - "action": "deny" +</code></pre> +<pre><code class="language-yaml"># Prevent a specific user from creating aliases. +# Allow other users to create any alias +alias_creation_rules: + - user_id: "@bad_user:example.com" + action: deny + + - action: allow +</code></pre> +<pre><code class="language-yaml"># Prevent aliases being created which point to a specific room. +alias_creation_rules: + - room_id: "!forbiddenRoom:example.com" action: deny + + - action: allow </code></pre> <hr /> <h3 id="room_list_publication_rules"><a class="header" href="#room_list_publication_rules"><code>room_list_publication_rules</code></a></h3> -<p>The <code>room_list_publication_rules</code> option controls who can publish and -which rooms can be published in the public room list.</p> +<p>The <code>room_list_publication_rules</code> option allows server admins to prevent +unwanted entries from being published in the public room list.</p> <p>The format of this option is the same as that for -<code>alias_creation_rules</code>.</p> -<p>If the room has one or more aliases associated with it, only one of -the aliases needs to match the alias rule. If there are no aliases -then only rules with <code>alias: *</code> match.</p> -<p>If no rules match the request is denied. An empty list means no one -can publish rooms.</p> -<p>Options for the rules include:</p> +<a href="#alias_creation_rules"><code>alias_creation_rules</code></a>: an optional list of 0 or more +rules. By default, no list is provided, meaning that all rooms may be +published to the room list.</p> +<p>Otherwise, requests to publish a room are matched against each rule in order. +The first rule that matches decides if the request is allowed or denied. If no +rule matches, the request is denied. In particular, this means that configuring +an empty list of rules will deny every alias creation request.</p> +<p>Each rule is a YAML object containing four fields, each of which is an optional string:</p> <ul> -<li><code>user_id</code>: Matches against the creator of the alias. Defaults to "*".</li> -<li><code>alias</code>: Matches against any current local or canonical aliases associated with the room. Defaults to "*".</li> -<li><code>room_id</code>: Matches against the room ID being published. Defaults to "*".</li> -<li><code>action</code>: Whether to "allow" or "deny" the request if the rule matches. Defaults to allow.</li> +<li><code>user_id</code>: a glob pattern that matches against the user publishing the room.</li> +<li><code>alias</code>: a glob pattern that matches against one of published room's aliases. +<ul> +<li>If the room has no aliases, the alias match fails unless <code>alias</code> is unspecified or <code>*</code>.</li> +<li>If the room has exactly one alias, the alias match succeeds if the <code>alias</code> pattern matches that alias.</li> +<li>If the room has two or more aliases, the alias match succeeds if the pattern matches at least one of the aliases.</li> </ul> -<p>Example configuration:</p> -<pre><code class="language-yaml">room_list_publication_rules: - - user_id: "*" - alias: "*" - room_id: "*" - action: allow +</li> +<li><code>room_id</code>: a glob pattern that matches against the room ID of the room being published.</li> +<li><code>action</code>: either <code>allow</code> or <code>deny</code>. What to do with the request if the rule matches. Defaults to <code>allow</code>.</li> +</ul> +<p>Each of the glob patterns is optional, defaulting to <code>*</code> ("match anything"). +Note that the patterns match against fully qualified IDs, e.g. against +<code>@alice:example.com</code>, <code>#room:example.com</code> and <code>!abcdefghijk:example.com</code> instead +of <code>alice</code>, <code>room</code> and <code>abcedgghijk</code>.</p> +<p>Example configuration:</p> +<pre><code class="language-yaml"># No rule list specified. Anyone may publish any room to the public list. +# This is the default behaviour. +room_list_publication_rules: +</code></pre> +<pre><code class="language-yaml"># A list of one rule which allows everything. +# This has the same effect as the previous example. +room_list_publication_rules: + - "action": "allow" +</code></pre> +<pre><code class="language-yaml"># An empty list of rules. No-one may publish to the room list. +room_list_publication_rules: [] +</code></pre> +<pre><code class="language-yaml"># A list of one rule which denies everything. +# This has the same effect as the previous example. +room_list_publication_rules: + - "action": "deny" +</code></pre> +<pre><code class="language-yaml"># Prevent a specific user from publishing rooms. +# Allow other users to publish anything. +room_list_publication_rules: + - user_id: "@bad_user:example.com" + action: deny + + - action: allow +</code></pre> +<pre><code class="language-yaml"># Prevent publication of a specific room. +room_list_publication_rules: + - room_id: "!forbiddenRoom:example.com" + action: deny + + - action: allow +</code></pre> +<pre><code class="language-yaml"># Prevent publication of rooms with at least one alias containing the word "potato". +room_list_publication_rules: + - alias: "#*potato*:example.com" + action: deny + + - action: allow </code></pre> <hr /> <h3 id="default_power_level_content_override"><a class="header" href="#default_power_level_content_override"><code>default_power_level_content_override</code></a></h3> |