@julian Friend of mine managed to associate the steamID with his existing account by using redis-cli. I believe that all the editing could be done by the plugin author, it just needs to be involved a little more during the registration process and possibly add some items to the profile page to allow association. I don't think this is truly a NodeBB issue. Thanks for the reply though.

@julian said:

@Radon If your steam email matches the email you used to previously register on NodeBB, then the accounts should automatically merge...

I thought the steam api couldn't give you e-mail information as the API is public. I don't see any e-mail checking in the source for the plugin either. Not to mention the fact that my steam e-mail and my user e-mail are identical anyway ( Even if my node bb account e-mail wasn't confirmed at the time ).

@julian Thanks for the tips on installing the git version. Now the admin panel options work

@nanoVapor Is there a way to link existing accounts, eg Admins, to their steam account without having to reregister etc. It would be nice for existing users to link to their steam account, then use either their previously registered acc or their steam account for Auth/login. Sorry if this is already answered, and thanks for the Steam auth plugin, great job!