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author | isaacs <i@izs.me> | 2010-04-26 02:46:42 +0400 |
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committer | isaacs <i@izs.me> | 2010-04-26 03:39:52 +0400 |
commit | 87cfc2e1b6f9bd3138d5cd940cc32b76256c6f4d (patch) | |
tree | 9897218d555d44594a5da5baca46ff0b3e883b5a /README.md | |
parent | 9fb56fcd3fb32e931501ebed29ce8586c8861415 (diff) |
refactor adduser doc
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@@ -101,32 +101,6 @@ These are the commands that actually do things, as of today. If they don't do what they say they do, then please [post an issue](http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues) about it. -### adduser - - npm adduser bob password bob@email.com - -Create a user named "bob" in the npm registry, and save the credentials to the -`.npmrc` file. Note that this leaves the password in your `.bash_history`, and -it is currently stored in the clear in the config file. So, don't use a -password you care too much about. - -This will be changed within the next few versions. The registry will use an ssl -connection, and the user commands will attempt to make use of -[node-crypto](http://github.com/waveto/node-crypto) if it is available. Watch -for this in the next couple versions. - -For now, if you somehow break your `.npmrc` file, and have forgotten your -password, you're boned. [Email isaacs](mailto:i@izs.me) and he'll delete the -record from the registry so that you can re-add it. - -If you break your `.npmrc` file, but you remember your password, you can put your -user auth back by using the `base64` program like so: - - npm config set auth $( echo user:pass | base64 ) - -Take your pick of apt-get, yum, homebrew, or macports to install base64 if you -don't already have it on your system. - ### config The config command is a way to interact with the `.npmrc` file. This file is a |