User-ids and passwords protect submissions against accidental or malicious changes by third parties.
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Sometimes confusion arises from this. An extra password for each paper that you submit, which is specific to that paper. You'll need this extra password to make any changes to that specific paper. Your personal user-id and password are used to identify you when you submit a new paper. You are assigned a randomly generated password for each paper at the time of submission.