Temporary users

Hi there,

is it possible to to create a temporary user? For maybe two weeks?
It would be very helpful for test user accounts.

Kind regards
Daniela

Hi @UBWolf,

There’s nothing built in to do this; I’d suggest manually creating an account and later using “merge users” to delete it. Could you describe your use case a little?

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

Hi Alec,

thanks for the reply. We would need it for people, who wants to test a journal (as a reader) which is behind a moving wall. Something like a free access test account for a short period of time.

Kind regards
Daniela

Hi @UBWolf,

You might consider hacking a plugin together for this; there are a few plugins that alter the normal subscription checks OJS uses to provide alternative ways of granting access, such as the Subscription SSO plugin. You wouldn’t need to create user accounts at all, just create access codes in the plugin and give them out to people. Off the top of my head, you might be able to make use of the existing “access key” code (lib/pkp/classes/security/AccessKey*.inc.php) to do this – that’s what we use to grant one-click reviewer access, for example, allowing reviewers to bypass the login process.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

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Hi Alec,

thank you! I don’t think we have the manpower right now to do this, but it’s good to know where to start if we try this :slight_smile:

Kind regards
Daniela