Clarify what registration_shared_secret allows for (#2885) (#4844)

* Clarify what registration_shared_secret allows for (#2885)

Signed-off-by: Aaron Raimist <aaron@raim.ist>

* Add changelog

Signed-off-by: Aaron Raimist <aaron@raim.ist>
This commit is contained in:
Aaron Raimist
2019-03-11 13:21:52 -05:00
committed by Richard van der Hoff
parent 290552fd83
commit 8ea1b41a0e
4 changed files with 7 additions and 6 deletions

View File

@@ -402,8 +402,8 @@ 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 on your server even if
`enable_registration` is `false`.
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