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2 title: npm-owner
3 section: 1
4 description: Manage package owners
5 github_repo: npm/cli
6 github_branch: latest
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37
38 ### Synopsis
39
40 ```bash
41 npm owner add <user> <package-spec>
42 npm owner rm <user> <package-spec>
43 npm owner ls <package-spec>
44
45 alias: author
46 ```
47
48 ### Description
49
50 Manage ownership of published packages.
51
52 - ls: List all the users who have access to modify a package and push new versions. Handy when you need to know who to bug for help.
53 - add: Add a new user as a maintainer of a package. This user is enabled to modify metadata, publish new versions, and add other owners.
54 - rm: Remove a user from the package owner list. This immediately revokes their privileges.
55
56 Note that there is only one level of access. Either you can modify a package, or you can't. Future versions may contain more fine-grained access levels, but that is not implemented at this time.
57
58 If you have two-factor authentication enabled with `auth-and-writes` (see [`npm-profile`](/cli/v10/commands/npm-profile)) then you'll need to go through a second factor flow when changing ownership or include an otp on the command line with `--otp`.
59
60 ### Configuration
61
62 #### `registry`
63
64 - Default: "https://registry.npmjs.org/"
65 - Type: URL
66
67 The base URL of the npm registry.
68
69 #### `otp`
70
71 - Default: null
72 - Type: null or String
73
74 This is a one-time password from a two-factor authenticator. It's needed when publishing or changing package permissions with `npm access`.
75
76 If not set, and a registry response fails with a challenge for a one-time password, npm will prompt on the command line for one.
77
78 #### `workspace`
79
80 - Default:
81 - Type: String (can be set multiple times)
82
83 Enable running a command in the context of the configured workspaces of the current project while filtering by running only the workspaces defined by this configuration option.
84
85 Valid values for the `workspace` config are either:
86
87 - Workspace names
88 - Path to a workspace directory
89 - Path to a parent workspace directory (will result in selecting all workspaces within that folder)
90
91 When set for the `npm init` command, this may be set to the folder of a workspace which does not yet exist, to create the folder and set it up as a brand new workspace within the project.
92
93 This value is not exported to the environment for child processes.
94
95 #### `workspaces`
96
97 - Default: null
98 - Type: null or Boolean
99
100 Set to true to run the command in the context of **all** configured workspaces.
101
102 Explicitly setting this to false will cause commands like `install` to ignore workspaces altogether. When not set explicitly:
103
104 - Commands that operate on the `node_modules` tree (install, update, etc.) will link workspaces into the `node_modules` folder. - Commands that do other things (test, exec, publish, etc.) will operate on the root project, _unless_ one or more workspaces are specified in the `workspace` config.
105
106 This value is not exported to the environment for child processes.
107
108 ### See Also
109
110 - [package spec](/cli/v10/using-npm/package-spec)
111 - [npm profile](/cli/v10/commands/npm-profile)
112 - [npm publish](/cli/v10/commands/npm-publish)
113 - [npm registry](/cli/v10/using-npm/registry)
114 - [npm adduser](/cli/v10/commands/npm-adduser)