title: Error: setuid user id does not exist npm ERR! when npm install forever -g
body: <p>os: debian 7</p>
  
  <p>node.js is installed in the defalut folder .</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>root@10-4-4-159:/usr/local# npm install forever -g</p>
    
    <p>npm ERR! Error: setuid user id does not exist</p>
    
    <p>npm ERR!     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/uid-number/uid-number.js:44:16</p>
    
    <p>npm ERR!     at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:635:7)</p>
    
    <p>npm ERR!     at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)</p>
    
    <p>npm ERR!     at maybeClose (child_process.js:735:16)</p>
    
    <p>npm ERR!     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:802:5)</p>
    
    <p>npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at:</p>
    
    <p>npm ERR!     <a href="http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues" rel="nofollow">http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues</a></p>
    
    <p>npm ERR! or email it to:</p>
    
    <p>npm ERR!     </p>
    
    <p>npm ERR! System Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64</p>
    
    <p>npm ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "forever" "-g"</p>
    
    <p>npm ERR! cwd /usr/local</p>
    
    <p>npm ERR! node -v v0.10.21</p>
    
    <p>npm ERR! npm -v 1.3.11</p>
    
    <p>npm ERR! </p>
    
    <p>npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:</p>
    
    <p>npm ERR!     /usr/local/npm-debug.log</p>
    
    <p>npm ERR! not ok code 0</p>
  </blockquote>