Safari v3 (Leopard) vs. v2 (Tiger) compatibility problem

[gw1500se]

We are in the process of replacing our client machines with new ones. Our current environment is Tiger using OD and all home directories are network mounted. The new machines, of course, have Leopard on them which uses Safari v3. When I try to launch v3 it obviously is using the preference files from the home directory that were create by v2. I am guessing this is the crux of my problem which is that v3 will not run, it just bounces on the dock and has to be force quited. So my question is, has anyone encountered this problem and how do I resolve it? TIA.

[gw1500se]

After more testing I have determined this is not a preferences issue. Rather it is an issue related to OD mounted home directories on a Leopard client vs. a Tiger client. I created a new user and logged on from a Leopard client and experienced the same problem even before any preferences were created.

In addition, it turns out that Safari did not really hang. After a full 1 1/2 minutes of bouncing on the dock, it will finally bring up the home page. With a locally mounted home directory this is not a problem. It only happens with an OD mounted home directory from a Tiger server (we don’t have any Leopard serves yet so I don’t know what will happen there). TIA.

If this question is better suited for the OD forum please let me know and I’ll cross post it.

[gw1500se]

Thanks for the reply. I’m not sure I understand the question. It is being mounted automagically based on WGM settings I guess.

I haven’t played with tcpdump before so I need to do some research on it.

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