.TH "NPM\-ADDUSER" "1" "October 2014" "" ""
.SH "NAME"
\fBnpm-adduser\fR \- Add a registry user account
.SH SYNOPSIS
.P
.RS 2
.nf
npm adduser [\-\-registry=url] [\-\-scope=@orgname] [\-\-always\-auth]
.fi
.RE
.SH DESCRIPTION
.P
Create or verify a user named \fB<username>\fR in the specified registry, and
save the credentials to the \fB\|\.npmrc\fR file\. If no registry is specified,
the default registry will be used (see npm help 7 \fBnpm\-config\fR)\.
.P
The username, password, and email are read in from prompts\.
.P
You may use this command to change your email address, but not username
or password\.
.P
To reset your password, go to https://www\.npmjs\.org/forgot
.P
You may use this command multiple times with the same user account to
authorize on a new machine\.
.P
\fBnpm login\fR is an alias to \fBadduser\fR and behaves exactly the same way\.
.SH CONFIGURATION
.SS registry
.P
Default: http://registry\.npmjs\.org/
.P
The base URL of the npm package registry\. If \fBscope\fR is also specified,
this registry will only be used for packages with that scope\. See npm help 7 \fBnpm\-scope\fR\|\.
.SS scope
.P
Default: none
.P
If specified, the user and login credentials given will be associated
with the specified scope\. See npm help 7 \fBnpm\-scope\fR\|\. You can use both at the same time,
e\.g\.
.P
.RS 2
.nf
npm adduser \-\-registry=http://myregistry\.example\.com \-\-scope=@myco
.fi
.RE
.P
This will set a registry for the given scope and login or create a user for
that registry at the same time\.
.SS always\-auth
.P
Default: false
.P
If specified, save configuration indicating that all requests to the given
registry should include authorization information\. Useful for private
registries\. Can be used with \fB\-\-registry\fR and / or \fB\-\-scope\fR, e\.g\.
.P
.RS 2
.nf
npm adduser \-\-registry=http://private\-registry\.example\.com \-\-always\-auth
.fi
.RE
.P
This will ensure that all requests to that registry (including for tarballs)
include an authorization header\. See \fBalways\-auth\fR in npm help 7 \fBnpm\-config\fR for more
details on always\-auth\. Registry\-specific configuaration of \fBalways\-auth\fR takes
precedence over any global configuration\.
.SH SEE ALSO
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 2
npm help 7 registry
.IP \(bu 2
npm help config
.IP \(bu 2
npm help 7 config
.IP \(bu 2
npm help 5 npmrc
.IP \(bu 2
npm help owner
.IP \(bu 2
npm help whoami

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