“setup.py upload” is failing with “Upload failed (401): You must be identified to edit package information”

Question

When running..

python setup.py sdist register upload

..I get the following output:

running register
We need to know who you         


        

Answer 1

I ran into the same problem. I'm on a new OS X Sierra. Adding [server-login] entry to ~/.pypirc seemed to fix it

http://www.seanbehan.com/how-to-fix-pypi-upload-failed-403-invalid-or-non-existent-authentication-information/