Barrett,
A few suggestions on first quick pass through your post:
1. You may have exceeded the length of the user's home directory
URL, I have had this cause the error you are seeing in the past.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107695
I've had less problems with the length of the pathname in 10.4 than in 10.4
2. On the client machine, you may also want to check the
/var/log/secure.log file. I find that it has elaborate information
regarding the network login process. Including errors related to
the length of the path, authentication errors, etc.
3. Using Workgroup Manager (WGM) check your share-points and ensure
that you can see them and they are valid. Try logging in to a
user's remote share by FIRST logging into the workstation using a
LOCAL account. Then try CMD-K and enter
"afp://<servername>/<username>" and see if the share mounts
successfully. If not, time to check sharing and automount records.
4. Enable the option to edit directory records directly and then
click on the target icon in Workgroup manager and select "Mounts".
Make sure you see the automount records you think you should.
Good luck!
Dave Hunter
Networking Specialist
South Bend Community Schools
South Bend, IN
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