Could not chdir to home directory /home/username: No such file or directory

Did you install on top of Debian?

When I've had this happen, I installed on Debian, and the user I created during the Debian install, would get this error, after I assigned home directories.

Usually I just delete that user that was created during setup, then recreate it (same name, etc.) with the webUI, and that resolved the problem. Unless you are in a multi user setup, everything about the user will be the same (PUID, PGID, etc.). A multi user setup, your PUID/PGID might change

Create the directory.

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Create the directory.

It should create it automatically when the user is created (at least that has been my experience)... assuming he has setup home directories through the webUI, that is.

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The solution... was different than what I expected.

Since this is a terminal issue and otherwise didn’t cause any problems, I took a look into the GUI and the user setup again.

The default path for a shell login is bin/sh.

I changed it to usr/bin/bash and et voila, it works.

There’s actually no need to create a home directory as it seems.

df - h does not show any home directories for any of the users.

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That was actually going to be my next suggestion, but when I tested /bin/sh when you posted, I didn't get an error.... so I didn't figure that was your actual issue. /bin/bash really should be default, IMO.