The actual problem is that when encrypted home is chosen on the net install (I used the mini iso), the home directory's permissions are set to 500. Thus, the config files needed to login cannot be written. The original reporter's workaround simply replaced their home directory with the already-700 Private directory.
The actual problem is that when encrypted home is chosen on the net install (I used the mini iso), the home directory's permissions are set to 500. Thus, the config files needed to login cannot be written. The original reporter's workaround simply replaced their home directory with the already-700 Private directory.