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(Help) Could not chdir to home directory /home/username: Permission denied
Hello,
Im newbie in linux vps. today i've install vps & wordpress using vpssim with newuser and there are any function to change port ssh. everything is ok. i close putty and open using new port i got error " Could not chdir to home directory /home/username: Permission denied
-bash: /home/username/.bash_profile: Permission denied
-bash-4.1$ " Please help 
i hope i have solution without reinstall . thanks
Comments
Most likely you locked your user out of its home directory. Is there any console interface you can use to enter the server using root?
Login as root and do: chown -R username:username /home/username
solved now. thank for your help