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Thanks Brett for this. I was able to generate the keys, but then ran into this: \>Could not chdir to home directory /var/services/homes/USERNAME: No such file or directory Any ideas on pointing me in the right direction to solve?\ Cheers\ Simon ## Simon Recovery — [Aug 08, 2018 01:22 pm](https://my.remarkbox.com/6ef345f6-4208-11e9-9d31-040140774501/setting-up-a-non-root-git-server-on-synology-diskstation-brettterpstra-com#6ef345fb-4208-11e9-9d31-040140774501) Commented too soon: [https://www.chainsawonatire\...](https://www.chainsawonatireswing.com/2012/01/16/log-in-to-a-synology-diskstation-using-ssh-keys-as-a-user-other-than-root/ "https://www.chainsawonatireswing.com/2012/01/16/log-in-to-a-synology-diskstation-using-ssh-keys-as-a-user-other-than-root/"){rel="nofollow" target="_blank"} --- **Source:** [https://my.remarkbox.com/6ef345fa-4208-11e9-9d31-040140774501](https://my.remarkbox.com/6ef345fa-4208-11e9-9d31-040140774501) **Snapshot:** 2026-05-07T04:15:54Z **Generator:** Remarkbox `763cacb`