Accessing npm using two-factor authentication

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On the command line, type the npm login command.

When prompted, provide your username, password, and email address.

user@host:~$ npm login
npm notice Log in on https://registry.npmjs.org/
Username: mona
Password:
Email: (this IS public) mona@github.com
npm notice Open https://www.npmjs.com/login/913c3ab1-89a0-44bd-be8d-d946e2e906f0 to use your security key for authentication or enter OTP from your authenticator app

If you have configured a security-key, open the provided URL shown in the command line. Alternatively, if you have configured a mobile authenticator skip to step 6.
Click on Use security key and follow the browser specific steps to authenticate.
Copy the generated token
Enter the one-time password into the CLI prompt.
```
Enter one-time password:
```

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Accessing npm using two-factor authentication

Sign in from the command line using security-key flow