# npm-adduser

Add a registry user account

## SYNOPSIS

    npm adduser

## DESCRIPTION

Create or verify a user named `<username>` in the npm registry, and save the credentials to the `.npmrc` file.

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://npmjs.org/forgot

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

## CONFIGURATION

### registry

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

The base URL of the npm package registry.

## SEE ALSO

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