moving Home Directories

I recently re configured a new server. At the same time I upgraded from 10.3.9 to 10.4.7. For the past two days we have experience slow logins. I was told by Apple support that 5 mount points is too many. In theory I understand how to create one mount point and add the existing home directory folders in. I am cautious to do this because of lost permissions. I’m told that via Terminal this can be fixed. I would greatly appreciate a walk through on this process.

Of course I need to get this resolved by Tuesday morning !

thank you

Carl Campion
Archmere Academy
Claymont, DE
302-798-6632×823