Retrieves node author uid (user id) from Distributor site, so node doesn't showed until change it in database

I don't think this module does anything with the authors of nodes. I've only used it with nodes created by uid 0, or on sites where the users are identical.

There's a hook for processing nodes when retrieved; I'll consider a patch that handles the case where the user doesn't exist locally.

We have this same problem. Basically the nodes won't show up unless not only are the users identical on both sites but they also must have the same uid. Certainly this is a bug, from what I can see.

Hmm yeah I guess so.

My use case was only for a system where all editors could edit any node of the types being distributed, so having authorship go to uid 1 was the simplest thing.

I am currently doing work on Clients module, with a view to then creating a new layer on top of it that handles all the business of transporting nodes/users/Drupal content in general. Content Distribution will then sit on top of all that and have a lot less work to do. It'll also be one of several applications that use the transport layer, hence I hope there will be more people working on the code.

If you -- or anyone else -- is interested in helping with either code or sponsorship, that'd be great.

Take a look at #1059928: deal with entities that enforce uniqueness -- the new system imports users, but the where usernames are duplicated needs figuring out.