register_new_matrix_user.1

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.TH "REGISTER_NEW_MATRIX_USER" "1" "February 2017" "" ""
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.SH "NAME"
\fBregister_new_matrix_user\fR \- Used to register new users with a given home server when registration has been disabled
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fBregister_new_matrix_user\fR options\.\.\.
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
\fBregister_new_matrix_user\fR registers new users with a given home server when registration has been disabled\. For this to work, the home server must be configured with the \'registration_shared_secret\' option set\.
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.P
This accepts the user credentials like the username, password, is user an admin or not and registers the user onto the homeserver database\. Also, a YAML file containing the shared secret can be provided\. If not, the shared secret can be provided via the command line\.
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.P
By default it assumes the home server URL to be \fBhttps://localhost:8448\fR\. This can be changed via the \fBserver_url\fR command line option\.
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.SH "FILES"
A sample YAML file accepted by \fBregister_new_matrix_user\fR is described below:
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

registration_shared_secret: "s3cr3t"
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.SH "OPTIONS"
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.TP
\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-user\fR
Local part of the new user\. Will prompt if omitted\.
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\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-password\fR
New password for user\. Will prompt if omitted\. Supplying the password on the command line is not recommended\. Use the STDIN instead\.
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\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-admin\fR
Register new user as an admin\. Will prompt if omitted\.
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\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-config\fR
Path to server config file containing the shared secret\.
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\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-shared\-secret\fR
Shared secret as defined in server config file\. This is an optional parameter as it can be also supplied via the YAML file\.
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\fBserver_url\fR
URL of the home server\. Defaults to \'https://localhost:8448\'\.
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.SH "EXAMPLES"
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.nf

$ register_new_matrix_user \-u user1 \-p p@ssword \-a \-c config\.yaml
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.fi
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.SH "COPYRIGHT"
This man page was written by Rahul De <\fIrahulde@swecha\.net\fR> for Debian GNU/Linux distribution\.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
synctl(1), synapse_port_db(1), hash_password(1)