Xserve Tiger server 10.4.5
There's a few posts about this on Apple's forums but nothing conclusive/clear - I can no longer create a home folder for a new user either at a) first login or b) using 'Create Home Now' option in WGM
I can tell you this:
FQDN reverse lookup is fine and always has been since installation (DNS from our Windows PDC server)
Sharepoints configured correctly and existing home folders OK
AFP guest access enabled for AFP/sharepoints
ACLs enabled on both home folder storage volumes and using ACEs for one shared folder only, not homes. ACL managed shared folder lives in different directory to home folders. ACLs were a recent setup but I have successfully created new users with network home folders since then. Normally a new user's folder is created at first login, to avoid creating homes for accounts that end up never used.
I want to begin testing Mobile Homes so I intitially tried a new user in an existing sharepoint, could not creat home as described. Repaired permissions and tried 'createhomedir'. I then set up a new home folder directory share specifically for this test user, still no home folder creation.
Any help/ideas much appreciated, thanks