Cannot use "Sign in with ChatGPT" to login on ubuntu server

[applepig]

What version of Codex is running?

codex-cli 0.21.0

Which model were you using?

gpt-5 hopefully

What platform is your computer?

Linux 6.8.0-71-generic #71-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Jul 22 16:52:38 UTC 2025 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Hi, my situation is a little bit complex. I think it's not the Python path issue.

1. Exec codex on Ubuntu server.
2. Select "Sign in with ChatGPT"
3. It shows me a url for login. ( https://auth.openai.com/oauth/authorize?... , with redirect_uri=http://localhost:1455...
4. Copy the url, and paste on to Windows Chrome.
5. Login with my account successful.
6. Redirect to http://localhost:1455...
7. Since the localhost is on a diffrent machine, it would not work.

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2rd attempt:

1,2,3. as above
4. Modify the url width http://toybox:1455, and copy on to Windows Chrome
5. as above.
6. Redirect to http://toybox:1455...
7. Timeout after a several seconds.

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3rd attempt:

1,2,3 as above
4. Open the url in lynx.
5. Cannot login

What is the expected behavior?

Other platforms behavior:

gemini-cli
6. shows a key phrase
7. copy the key phrase and paste back to ubuntu.

cursor-agent
6. shows "login success"
7. and cursor-agent automatically grant for login

What do you see instead?

No response

Additional information

No response

[dotneet]

my current work around is copying local ~/.codex/auth.json to server side.

[applepig]

my current work around is copying local ~/.codex/auth.json to server side.

Thank you. I will try to copy my auth file from WSL ubuntu

[bolinfest]

https://github.com/openai/codex?tab=readme-ov-file#connecting-on-a-headless-machine