namely that there is no good way of setting up network home
directories on Mac OS X Server so they can be also used as local home
directories.
Does anyone have any thoughts or experiences with this situation?
I have a very similar setup as you do at home.
I have a mobile accounts setup on the clients so I just need to change
accounts/passwords on the server. Then I use ChronoSync to sync up the
client home directory to the servers home directory. Once Tiger Server
is out I will use network home directories since they will finally be
able to sync up.