# Sorry, there was an error authorizing your account

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorry-there-was-an-error-authorizing-your-account/112229>\
**Category:** SSO\
**Tags:** oauth2\
**Created:** [March 21, 2019, 8:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorry-there-was-an-error-authorizing-your-account/112229 "2019-03-21T08:51:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2019, 11:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorry-there-was-an-error-authorizing-your-account/112229/6 "2019-03-21T11:43:29Z")

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I don’t know if it’s related, but the ip address is localhost, which suggests that you need to modify your setup to get the correct remote ip number reported to discourse.

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