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--- general:matrix [2023-01-27 12:06] – Added Element as the standard option Kai Luca Spanheimer
+++ general:matrix [2024-09-10 14:35] (current) – added warning for security key and added group Kay-Robert Dormann
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 If you use a client that is not the one hosted by the institute you will need to refer the client to our server while login in.
-While Matrix can be "federeated", i.e. you can connect and post on other instances (for example the official matrix.org server), our server has federation switched off for now and is limited to our institute only.
+While Matrix can be "federated", i.e. you can connect and post on other instances (for example the official matrix.org server), our server has federation switched off for now and is limited to our institute only.
 ===== Usage =====
+The matrix server auto-populates the account into its own database from LDAP (=mail server account list) when that user signs in for the first time. There is no automatic discovery otherwise!
+**This means other users won't see people that are in LDAP (=mail server account) but have never signed in to matrix.**
 === Login Flow ===
 To make the login process as easy as possible a login flow for an external client is presented here.
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   - After that choose login and enter your credentials. Namely your IPKM-username and the corresponding password
   - If you already have another client session running you are asked to cross-sign your sessions by either scanning a QR-code with one of your clients or comparing a set of emojis shown in both clients.
-  -
+<WRAP center round important 60%>
+**Please make sure you have saved your matrix security key!!**
+</WRAP>
 === Daily use ===
 Most clients organize the messages and group-chats in so called 'Spaces'. These work as groups with members and groupchats and can for example be used for coordinate your AG.
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 === Institute use ===
-There exist at least two Spaces that are used in our institute for work communication. The following list should be freely added to and modified if your AG starts their own space or some internal groups start a Space. If you enter a Space into the list also write down whom it is for and who manages it at the moment.
+There exist at least several Spaces that are used in our institute for work communication. The following list should be freely added to and modified if your AG starts their own space or some internal groups start a Space. If you enter a Space into the list also write down whom it is for and who manages it at the moment. If you want to get into a group, write an email to this responsible person with your matrix user name and the group affiliation.
-  - Soft Matter Gang. This Space is meant as a place to coordinate anything concerning all people in S20|4 ([[https://www.ipkm.tu-darmstadt.de/research_ipkm/team_ipkm/team_ipkm_details_68032.en.jsp|Kai Spanheimer]])
+  - Soft Matter Gang. This Space is meant as a place to coordinate anything concerning all people in S20|4 ([[https://www.ipkm.tu-darmstadt.de/research_ipkm/team_ipkm/team_ipkm_details_68032.en.jsp|Kay-Robert Dormann]])
-  - SMT. This is a group intern space for the AG of Benno Liebchen ([[https://www.ipkm.tu-darmstadt.de/research_ipkm/team_ipkm/team_ipkm_details_68032.en.jsp|Kai Spanheimer]])
+  - SMT. This is a group intern space for the AG of Benno Liebchen ([[https://www.ipkm.tu-darmstadt.de/research_ipkm/team_ipkm/team_ipkm_details_68032.en.jsp|Kay-Robert Dormann]])
+  - PbwM. This is a group intern space for the AG of Emanuel Schneck ([[https://www.ipkm.tu-darmstadt.de/research_ipkm/team_ipkm/team_ipkm_details_68032.en.jsp|Kay-Robert Dormann]])
+  - SMI. This is a group intern space for the AG of Regine von Klitzing ([[https://www.ipkm.tu-darmstadt.de/research_ipkm/team_ipkm/team_ipkm_details_69504.en.jsp|Thomas Tilger]])
 Since Slack has established itself as the de-facto-standard for workplace communication at our institute you will pleased to here that the 'Element' standard client for Matrix is designed with Slacks functionality as reference. Thus Matrix-'Spaces' and Slack-'Workspaces' are virtually equivalent.
 Workspaces and channels work similarly on Matrix.