Etherpad plugin to give authenticated users the same author ID every time they log in. Different authenticated users get different author IDs.

Note: Etherpad limits the number of concurrent connections to one per pad per author ID, so a single authenticated user will not be able to view the same pad from two different browsers/tabs/devices at the same time (the older connection will be automatically disconnected).

This plugin requires Etherpad v1.9.0 or later.

The following shows the default settings:

  "ep_stable_authorid": {
    "exclude": ["admin", "guest"]
  },

• exclude (optional, defaults to ["admin", "guest"]): Users this plugin should ignore.

The ep_guest plugin "authenticates" anonymous users as a special guest user. Etherpad core does not treat this special guest account specially when compared to any other user account. To make it possible for multiple guest users to access a pad at the same time, add the guest username to the exclude list.

When a user logs in or out their author ID will change, which avoids awkward effects such as edits credited to someone named "Read-Only Guest".

Copyright © 2022 Richard Hansen rhansen@rhansen.org and the ep_stable_authorid authors and contributors

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