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Documented steps
Run `npm login` in a terminal; it verifies the user in the specified registry and saves credentials to your .npmrc file.
With the default auth-type of 'web', npm opens a browser to complete OAuth; with `npm config set auth-type legacy` it prompts for username and password instead.
If you need to log in to a private registry, pass `npm login --scope=@mycorp --registry=https://registry.mycorp.com` to map the scope to that registry.
Confirm the account with `npm whoami`.
On a new machine you can run npm login again with the same account; username, password, and email must all match the existing record.
Known gotchas
npm login is unaware of workspaces - it always operates against the registry for the whole CLI session, not a workspace subset.
Specify `--scope` when authenticating against a scoped/private registry, otherwise the scope is not linked and future installs of scoped packages resolve to the default registry.
If an `otp` config is set, auth-type is forced to 'legacy' (OAuth web flow and otp are mutually exclusive).
To change your password use the web forgot-password flow; npm login just stores the credentials.
Official docs: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v10/commands/npm-login
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