From 385cab8dc95dc1681c3be3dc2b52ddc46fe3cc21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Morgan <1342360+anoadragon453@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2018 03:29:15 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Actually check if alias is reserved (#534)

---
 .../matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/routing/directory.go     | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/routing/directory.go b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/routing/directory.go
index e7f4ef2a6..6f5765f4b 100644
--- a/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/routing/directory.go
+++ b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/routing/directory.go
@@ -115,9 +115,12 @@ func SetLocalAlias(
 
 	// Check that the alias does not fall within an exclusive namespace of an
 	// application service
+	// TODO: This code should eventually be refactored with:
+	// 1. The new method for checking for things matching an AS's namespace
+	// 2. Using an overall Regex object for all AS's just like we did for usernames
 	for _, appservice := range cfg.Derived.ApplicationServices {
-		if userNamespaces, ok := appservice.NamespaceMap["users"]; ok {
-			for _, namespace := range userNamespaces {
+		if aliasNamespaces, ok := appservice.NamespaceMap["aliases"]; ok {
+			for _, namespace := range aliasNamespaces {
 				if namespace.Exclusive && namespace.RegexpObject.MatchString(alias) {
 					return util.JSONResponse{
 						Code: http.StatusBadRequest,