From 1016f303e58b1305ed5b3572fde002e1273e0fc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neil Johnson Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2019 14:58:21 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] make user creation steps clearer --- INSTALL.md | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md index 25343593d5..5728882460 100644 --- a/INSTALL.md +++ b/INSTALL.md @@ -419,12 +419,11 @@ If Synapse is not configured with an SMTP server, password reset via email will ## Registering a user -You will need at least one user on your server in order to use a Matrix -client. Users can be registered either via a Matrix client, or via a -commandline script. +The easiest way to create a new user is to do so from a client like [Riot](https://riot.im). -To get started, it is easiest to use the command line to register new -users. This can be done as follows: +Alternatively you can do so from the command line if you have installed via pip. + +This can be done as follows: ``` $ source ~/synapse/env/bin/activate