Script for changing user's passwords; cleanup

ActivateUser.sh

@@ -5,22 +5,14 @@
 #
 
 # Requirements:
-# - You'll need the domain of your server (variable "serverDomain").
 # - A new password for the user must be specified.
 # - For authentication, you will need the access token of your (admin) account.
 #   You can obtain it in your Element client: "All settings" > "Help & About" > scroll down > click on "<click to reveal>" to get your access token.
 #   Copy this token and paste it further down (variable "token").
 #
 
-serverDomain=""
 token=""
 
-if [ -z "$serverDomain" ]
-then
-      read -p "Enter the Matrix server domain: (e.g. matrix.mydomain.com): " serverDomain
-      echo ""
-fi
-
 if [ -z "$token" ]
 then
       read -p "Enter your access token: " token
@@ -32,6 +24,9 @@ echo ""
 read -sp "Enter the new passwort for user: " new_password
 echo ""
 
+# User lower case only
+user_to_activate="${user_to_activate,,}"
+
 # Activate user
 echo "Activate user $user_to_activate..."
 echo ""

ChangeUserPassword.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+# Changes a password for a user
+#
+
+# Requirements:
+# - For authentication, you will need the access token of your (admin) account.
+#   You can obtain it in your Element client: "All settings" > "Help & About" > scroll down > click on "<click to reveal>" to get your access token.
+#   Copy this token and paste it further down (variable "token").
+# - The user (@username:mydomain.com) whose password should be changed
+#
+
+token=""
+
+if [ -z "$token" ]
+then
+      read -p "Enter your access token: " token
+      echo ""
+fi
+
+read -p "Enter the user whose password should be changed: (e.g. @test:matrix.mydomain.com): " user_to_change_password
+echo ""
+
+read -sp "Enter the NEW password: " new_password
+echo ""
+
+read -sp "Confirm the new password: " new_password2
+echo ""
+
+if [ $new_password != $new_password2 ]; then
+      echo "Error: The passwords do not match"
+      echo "The password was NOT changed"!
+      exit 1
+fi
+
+# User lower case only
+user_to_change_password="${user_to_change_password,,}"
+
+# Change users's password
+echo "Change password for user $user_to_change_password..."
+echo ""
+curlUrl="http://localhost:8008/_synapse/admin/v2/users/$user_to_change_password?access_token=$token"
+curl -X PUT $curlUrl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"password": "'"$new_password"'"}'
+echo ""
+echo "Done"
+echo ""

DeactivateUser.sh

@@ -6,21 +6,13 @@
 
 # IMPORTANT: You cannot delete a user from a Matrix server, a user can just get deactivated.
 # Requirements:
-# - You'll need the domain of your server (variable "serverDomain").
 # - For authentication, you will need the access token of your (admin) account.
 #   You can obtain it in your Element client: "All settings" > "Help & About" > scroll down > click on "<click to reveal>" to get your access token.
 #   Copy this token and paste it further down (variable "token").
 #
 
-serverDomain=""
 token=""
 
-if [ -z "$serverDomain" ]
-then
-      read -p "Enter the Matrix server domain: (e.g. matrix.mydomain.com): " serverDomain
-      echo ""
-fi
-
 if [ -z "$token" ]
 then
       read -p "Enter your access token: " token
@@ -30,6 +22,9 @@ fi
 read -p "Enter the user which should be deactivated: (e.g. @test:matrix.mydomain.com): " user_to_deactivate
 echo ""
 
+# User lower case only
+user_to_deactivate="${user_to_deactivate,,}"
+
 # Deactivate user
 echo "Deactivate user $user_to_deactivate..."
 echo ""

GetAllUsers.sh

@@ -5,22 +5,14 @@
 #
 
 # Requirements:
-# - You'll need the domain of your server (variable "serverDomain").
 # - Python 2.6+ has to be installed on the system.
 # - For authentication, you will need the access token of your (admin) account.
 #   You can obtain it in your Element client: "All settings" > "Help & About" > scroll down > click on "<click to reveal>" to get your access token.
 #   Copy this token and paste it further down (variable "token").
 #
 
-serverDomain=""
 token=""
 
-if [ -z "$serverDomain" ]
-then
-      read -p "Enter the Matrix server domain: (e.g. matrix.mydomain.com): " serverDomain
-      echo ""
-fi
-
 if [ -z "$token" ]
 then
       read -p "Enter your access token: " token

README.md

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 Some useful scripts utilizing the API of Matrix Synapse in order to manage different tasks:
 
 * `ActivateUser.sh`: Activates the given user and assigns a new password.
+* `ChangeUserPassword.sh`: Changes the password of the given user.
 * `CleanupMedia.sh`: Deletes old local and remote media.
 * `DeactivateUser.sh`: Deactivates the given user.
 * `GetAccessToken.sh`: Gets the access token with curl.