From 14ed84ac333a7dd7223793bab53fd115ea24a149 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dirk Klimpel <5740567+dklimpel@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 12:52:51 +0100
Subject: Enable user without password (#16770)

Closes:
- https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10397
- #10397

An administrator should know whether he wants to set a password or not.
There are many uses cases where a blank password is required.

- Use of only some users with SSO.
- Use of bots with password, users with SSO
---
 synapse/rest/admin/users.py | 9 ---------
 1 file changed, 9 deletions(-)

(limited to 'synapse')

diff --git a/synapse/rest/admin/users.py b/synapse/rest/admin/users.py
index 4059039bab..a31a268ccc 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/admin/users.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/admin/users.py
@@ -412,15 +412,6 @@ class UserRestServletV2(RestServlet):
                         target_user.to_string(), False, requester, by_admin=True
                     )
                 elif not deactivate and user["deactivated"]:
-                    if (
-                        "password" not in body
-                        and self.auth_handler.can_change_password()
-                    ):
-                        raise SynapseError(
-                            HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST,
-                            "Must provide a password to re-activate an account.",
-                        )
-
                     await self.deactivate_account_handler.activate_account(
                         target_user.to_string()
                     )
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