ep_user_displayname

Etherpad plugin that initializes the name displayed in the user list from a value in the user's account settings. The account settings can come from settings.json or an authentication plugin such as ep_openid_connect.

By default, users are not allowed to change their displayname if the displayname is set in the user's account settings. This restriction can be changed site-wide or with per-user overrides.

This plugin has no effect unless the requireAuthentication setting is true.

Configuration

Example

  "requireAuthentication": true,
  "ep_user_displayname": {
    "changeableByDefault": false
  },
  "users": {
    "admin": {
      "displayname": "Special User",
      "displaynameChangeable": true
    },
    "guest": {
      "displayname": "Read-Only Guest",
      "readOnly": true
    },
    "foo": {
      "displayname": "Ordinary User"
    }
  },

Details

• requireAuthentication: Must be explicitly set to true to enable this plugin.
• ep_user_displayname.changeableByDefault (optional, defaults to false): The default value for a user's displaynameChangeable setting if not explicitly set.
• users[username].displayname (optional, defaults to unset): The user's displayname. If this is set and the user's displaynameChangeable setting is false, the user's displayname is always forced to this value. If this is set and the user's displaynameChangeable setting is true, this only serves as the displayname's initial value (it is ignored if the user's displayname is already known from a previous visit). If this is unset, the user's displayname is initially unset and the user is allowed to change their displayname to any value they want.
• users[username].displaynameChangeable (optional, defaults to the value of ep_user_displayname.changeableByDefault): Whether the user is allowed to change their displayname. Note that a user's displayname is always changeable if their displayname setting is unset.

Copyright and License

Copyright © 2022 Richard Hansen [e-mail] and the ep_user_displayname 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.