#Trouble setting up OpenAI Codex Device Pairing

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silver plume
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I am trying to setup my claw with OpenAI Codex Device Pairing in order to use my ChatGPT plus subscription with openclaw. However, I get this error:
Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, copyfile '/Users/claw/.openclaw/openclaw.json.994.7d005axxxx.tmp' -> '/Users/claw/.openclaw/openclaw.json'

austere quiverBOT
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glass pathBOT
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That error is happening while OpenClaw is trying to commit a new ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json from a temp file, so I’d treat it as a local filesystem/permission problem rather than a Codex auth problem.

First: what does openclaw --version show?

Then check the config file ownership/flags:

ls -ldOe ~/.openclaw
ls -lOe ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json.*.tmp 2>/dev/null

Common causes:

  • openclaw.json was created by sudo / another user, so your normal user can’t overwrite it
  • macOS immutable flag (uchg) is set
  • openclaw.json is a symlink; OpenClaw config writers require the active config path to be a regular file

If the file is owned by root, fix ownership and retry: