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DEPRECATED; USE ep_guest INSTEAD.

ep_readonly_guest

Etherpad plugin that grants read-only access to users that are not logged in.

When a user first visits Etherpad, they will be "authenticated" as a guest user that does not have permission to create or modify pads. A "log in" button in the user drop-down list forces the user to authenticate via Etherpad's built-in HTTP basic authentication or via an authentication plugin (if one is installed). After logging in, the "log in" button becomes a "log out" button.

Configuration

Etherpad's requireAuthentication setting must be true. All ep_readonly_guest settings are optional, with the defaults shown below:

  "ep_readonly_guest": {
    "guest_username": "guest",
    "guest_displayname": "Read-Only Guest"
  },
  "requireAuthentication": true,

• guest_username is the username used for the guest account.
• guest_displayname is the name that appears in the user drop-down list for guest users. Guests are unable to change the name unless this is set to null.

Copyright and License

Copyright © the ep_reaonly_guest authors and contributors

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.