I'm trying to publish a scoped package to npm, but I keep getting this error on the CLI:

npm ERR! code E403
npm ERR! 403 403 Forbidden - PUT https://registry.npmjs.org/@username/dynamic-ui-elements - Forbidden
npm ERR! 403 In most cases, you or one of your dependencies are requesting
npm ERR! 403 a package version that is forbidden by your security policy, or
npm ERR! 403 on a server you do not have access to.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/cutler/.npm/_logs/2022-05-16T23_08_36_735Z-debug.log

I have looked all over the internet trying to solve the issue, but none of the suggestions I've seen have worked.

• I am logged in on the CLI
• My npm email is verified
• there is no other package with the same name, as I'm publishing this scoped to my username and I've never published any other packages
• I've tried the command as npm publish --access public as well as npm publish --access=public
• 2FA is enabled

Regarding the 2FA, I've tried both with and without "Require two-factor authentication for write actions" checked. When it IS checked, instead of the above error, I get prompted for a one-time password, but upon entering the generated code from my google authenticator app, I get the E403 again.

These two questions mirror my own, but neither has been answered. Am I using the authenticator wrong? Is there a setting I'm missing?

Here is my package.json:

{
    "name": "@username/dynamic-ui-elements",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "Some dynamic UI elements to transform your HTML",
    "main": "index.js",
    "scripts": {
        "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
        "build": "webpack",
        "start": "webpack serve --open"
    },
    "repository": {
        "type": "git",
        "url": "git https://github.com/CutlerSheridan/dynamic-ui-elements.git"
    },
    "author": "Cutler Sheridan <[email protected]>",
    "license": "ISC",
    "files": [
        "src/dynamicUi.js",
        "README.md"
    ],
    "bugs": {
        "url": "https://github.com/CutlerSheridan/dynamic-ui-elements/issues"
    },
    "homepage": "https://github.com/CutlerSheridan/dynamic-ui-elements#readme",
    "devDependencies": {
        "webpack": "^5.72.1",
        "webpack-cli": "^4.9.2",
        "webpack-dev-server": "^4.9.0"
    }
}

CodePudding user response：

Despite reading that package.json 100 times, the problem was that I had not changed the auto-generated "name": "@username/dynamic-ui-elements" to be my real username.