From 4c1b32d7e246a97fad97d03e450e2df078a86bf3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Baker <dave@matrix.org>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 18:28:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix login to error for nonexistent users

Fixes SYN-680
---
 synapse/handlers/auth.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/synapse/handlers/auth.py b/synapse/handlers/auth.py
index 7a13a8b11..9341cb5cf 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/auth.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/auth.py
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
             user_id, password_hash = yield self._find_user_id_and_pwd_hash(user_id)
             defer.returnValue(not self.validate_hash(password, password_hash))
         except LoginError:
-            defer.returnValue(False)
+            defer.returnValue(True)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _check_ldap_password(self, user_id, password):