Options to hide "Create Account", "Lost Password" and Homeserver in the login page

[jacotec]

I'm running Matrix Servers which are using an OpenLDAP backend via MXISD as ID-Server due to the lack of a proper user management in matrix-synapse. That solution works very well running also PWM as password/profile self-service and new user registration.

It's easy to set an own homepage in config.json and tweak its copy of welcome.html to show buttons for registration, manage account and lost password to point to the respecting pages in PWM.

Unfortunately the login-page which appears after clicking on "Sign in" shows hardcoded links to:

• Change the homeserver (which is not indended on a self-hosted Riot-Web)
• "Forgot Password" link which is hardcoded to the internal user database of synapse
• "Create Account" link which also is hardcoded to the internal user datanase of synapse

So I need to pimp the "bundle.js" after each update to get rid of these points, which is really ugly.

All this should be able to be disabled in config.json for people running own homeservers with own ID servers and a self-hosted Riot-Web for their chat systems.

[turt2live]

disable_custom_urls should prevent the ability to change the homeserver URL, at the very least.

[jacotec]

Any update here? I still need to patch the bundle.js after each update and it's a bit annoying ...

[t3chguy]

Related https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/8824

[KuenzelIT]

Hi, we're using a ldap server for our users and we also don't need a "create account" link. Would be nice to be able to hide it in the config.

[Metzlmane]

Same here, leads to confused user questions

[un-chein-andalou]

I ran a PoC today in a large company using ldap auth and had exactly this issue. So many people clicking 'create account' instead of following the instructions given. Really need an easy option to remove this button!

[Guilhem-Lalanne]

Any update here? I still need to patch the bundle.js after each update and it's a bit annoying ...

Hi @jacotec , do you have a repo where I could see what modifications you make each time ? I have the same problem, and modifying the page seems to be a good idea. Thank you :)

[jacotec]

@Guilhem-Lalanne From Riot-Web 1.6 on the changes must be done in "vendors-init.js". Two parts must be removed:

r.a.createElement("a",{className:"mx_AuthBody_changeFlow",onClick:this.onTryRegisterClick,href:"#"},Object(s.a)("Create account")),

and

this.props.onForgotPasswordClick&&(n=r.a.createElement("span",null,Object(s.a)("Not sure of your password? <a>Set a new one</a>",{},{a:e=>r.a.createElement(Me.a,{className:"mx_Login_forgot",disabled:this.props.busy,kind:"link",onClick:this.onForgotPasswordClick},e)})));

Important: The variable names like "a", "r" etc. are always changing 🙄. I'm searching in Notepad++ (Win) or BBEdit (Mac) for "Create Account" and "Not sure of your password" and identify the parts above (with respecting the changed variable names). Then just delete exactly the parts above.

It's a mess ... we really need that as an option in the config.json 😒

[Guilhem-Lalanne]

Thank you for your quick answer ! When I have some time, I'll try to find out how these variables are created. Hopefully I will be able to make a PR, but that's not for tomorrow ^^'

[t3chguy]

Doing it in config.json is likely not desirable, sensing it from the configured server is better.

[t3chguy]

Closing the remainder for https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/15188 which will be resolved shortly