Login/Logout sync with user control over folders to sync

We have a user who needs modify the folders that are synced periodically.
The user has multiple computers that they keep synced with OS X Server 10.4.10.
We turned background sync to unmanaged and they are able to modify their settings and left login/logoff sync as managed. Any time they login/logoff auto sync does not occur.
How do we configure their settings so that they can adjust the folders that get synced and still have auto sync at login/logoff?

Not even sure you can do this but you might look for Login/Logout Hooks that can perform the action your looking to do. There would have to be a way to shell-script the Sync part of RHD which I'm not sure you can.
On the Server Side you can control what get auto synced and what does not in WGM. Then you just set it all to auto on login/logout.

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