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+% podman-login(1)
+
+## NAME
+podman\-login - Login to a container registry
+
+## SYNOPSIS
+**podman login** [*options*] *registry*
+
+## DESCRIPTION
+**podman login** logs into a specified registry server with the correct username
+and password. **podman login** reads in the username and password from STDIN.
+The username and password can also be set using the **username** and **password** flags.
+The path of the authentication file can be specified by the user by setting the **authfile**
+flag. The default path used is **${XDG\_RUNTIME\_DIR}/containers/auth.json**.
+
+**podman [GLOBAL OPTIONS]**
+
+**podman login [GLOBAL OPTIONS]**
+
+**podman login [OPTIONS] REGISTRY [GLOBAL OPTIONS]**
+
+## OPTIONS
+
+**--password**, **-p**=*password*
+
+Password for registry
+
+**--password-stdin**
+
+Take the password from stdin
+
+**--username**, **-u=***username*
+
+Username for registry
+
+**--authfile**=*path*
+
+Path of the authentication file. Default is ${XDG\_RUNTIME\_DIR}/containers/auth.json (Not available for remote commands)
+
+Note: You can also override the default path of the authentication file by setting the REGISTRY\_AUTH\_FILE
+environment variable. `export REGISTRY_AUTH_FILE=path`
+
+**--get-login**
+
+Return the logged-in user for the registry.  Return error if no login is found.
+
+**--cert-dir**=*path*
+
+Use certificates at *path* (\*.crt, \*.cert, \*.key) to connect to the registry.
+Default certificates directory is _/etc/containers/certs.d_. (Not available for remote commands)
+
+**--tls-verify**=*true|false*
+
+Require HTTPS and verify certificates when contacting registries (default: true). If explicitly set to true,
+then TLS verification will be used. If set to false, then TLS verification will not be used. If not specified,
+TLS verification will be used unless the target registry is listed as an insecure registry in registries.conf. (Not available for remote commands)
+
+**--help**, **-h**
+
+Print usage statement
+
+## EXAMPLES
+
+```
+$ podman login docker.io
+Username: umohnani
+Password:
+Login Succeeded!
+```
+
+```
+$ podman login -u testuser -p testpassword localhost:5000
+Login Succeeded!
+```
+
+```
+$ podman login --authfile authdir/myauths.json docker.io
+Username: umohnani
+Password:
+Login Succeeded!
+```
+
+```
+$ podman login --tls-verify=false -u test -p test localhost:5000
+Login Succeeded!
+```
+
+```
+$ podman login --cert-dir /etc/containers/certs.d/ -u foo -p bar localhost:5000
+Login Succeeded!
+```
+
+```
+$ podman login -u testuser  --password-stdin < testpassword.txt docker.io
+Login Succeeded!
+```
+
+```
+$ echo $testpassword | podman login -u testuser --password-stdin docker.io
+Login Succeeded!
+```
+
+## SEE ALSO
+podman(1), podman-logout(1)
+
+## HISTORY
+August 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani <umohnani@redhat.com>