# npm-adduser

Add a registry user account

## SYNOPSIS

    npm adduser [--registry=url] [--scope=@orgname] [--always-auth]

## DESCRIPTION

Create or verify a user named `<username>` in the specified registry, and save the credentials to the `.npmrc` file. If no registry is specified, the default registry will be used (see `npm-config(7)`).

The username, password, and email are read in from prompts.

You may use this command to change your email address, but not username or password.

To reset your password, go to https://www.npmjs.org/forgot

You may use this command multiple times with the same user account to authorize on a new machine.

`npm login` is an alias to `adduser` and behaves exactly the same way.

## CONFIGURATION

### registry

Default: http://registry.npmjs.org/

The base URL of the npm package registry. If `scope` is also specified, this registry will only be used for packages with that scope. See `npm-scope(7)`.

### scope

Default: none

If specified, the user and login credentials given will be associated with the specified scope. See `npm-scope(7)`. You can use both at the same time, e.g.

    npm adduser --registry=http://myregistry.example.com --scope=@myco

This will set a registry for the given scope and login or create a user for that registry at the same time.

### always-auth

Default: false

If specified, save configuration indicating that all requests to the given registry should include authorization information. Useful for private registries. Can be used with `--registry` and / or `--scope`, e.g.

    npm adduser --registry=http://private-registry.example.com --always-auth

This will ensure that all requests to that registry (including for tarballs) include an authorization header. See `always-auth` in `npm-config(7)` for more details on always-auth. Registry-specific configuaration of `always-auth` takes precedence over any global configuration.

## SEE ALSO

- npm-registry(7)
- npm-config(1)
- npm-config(7)
- npmrc(5)
- npm-owner(1)
- npm-whoami(1)