Failing to login from PowerShell - npm Err! code EAUTHIP, Unable to authenticate, need: Basic

[carpben]

I'm opening this issue because:

• [ x ] npm is crashing.
• npm is producing an incorrect install.
• npm is doing something I don't understand.
• npm is producing incorrect or undesirable behavior.
• Other (see below for feature requests):

What's going wrong?

from Power Shell I'm trying to login to npm.

After typing my username, password and email I get this error. On this computer I haven't logged in from Power Shell to npm before.
I can login from the browser to the npmjs website.
I couldn't find relevant info about this error.
According to the error message:

A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\carpb\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2018-07-11T09_15_40_342Z-debug.log

But in my User folder there is no AppData folder.

How can the CLI team reproduce the problem?

On a windows 10 computer open PowerShell. type npm login. Enter the correct username, password and email.

supporting information:

• npm -v prints: 5.6.0
• node -v prints: v8.11.3
• npm config get registry prints: https://registry.npmjs.org/
• Windows, OS X/macOS, or Linux?: Windows
• Network issues:
  • Geographic location where npm was run:
  • I use a proxy to connect to the npm registry.
  • I use a proxy to connect to the web.
  • I use a proxy when downloading Git repos.
  • I access the npm registry via a VPN
  • I don't use a proxy, but have limited or unreliable internet access.
• Container:
  • I develop using Vagrant on Windows.
  • I develop using Vagrant on OS X or Linux.
  • I develop / deploy using Docker.
  • I deploy to a PaaS (Triton, Heroku).

[DanielRuf]

Please check what is in your .npmrc file (in your user directory).

[carpben]

I don't have a .npmrc file in this location. My computer was recently installed, and I don't have access to the old User directory (only to files in it). Are there any npm commands/tools for setting this up?

[DanielRuf]

But in my User folder there is no AppData folder.

It is usually hidden, you have to show it in the settings of explorer.

[carpben]

No .npmrc in my user's folder, or anywhere in the hidden Appdata folder. Of course NPM is installed. How do I set it up?

[carpben]

Found it. Since in all the lines the default is commented I guess it means that the default is taken anyway. Just in case I un-commented the registry key-value, but it still fails. What's necessary for the login to succeed?

[DanielRuf]

Found it. Since in all the lines the default is commented I guess it means that the default is taken anyway

Exactly.

Just wanted to make sure you use the default settings.

[carpben]

Perhaps the .npmrc file in the user folder should contain some Auth information that is missing?