Access user folder over network

I have a new Mac Pro connected via ethernet to a early 2009 Mac Pro. I am able to connect them and share most data, but I can't get access to the contents of the folders in the remote home (user) folder.
All the permission are made to allow read and write privileges. I can navigate to the folders inside the remote user folder, but not the contents. I extended access permission to the entirety of the contents of the remote user folder.
All other folders and drives connected to the remote computer are accessible. It's just that pesky home folder I can't get into.
Any ideas?
Running 10.9.5 on both computers.

That worked, but I thought I had already done that as using the correct admin name was required in order for me to connect (for screen sharing anyway) in the first place when I initially began using this set up, and the correct name was autofilled. In any case, disconnecting and re-connecting did the trick. Thank you!

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files that I access with a Java program over network.
Different computers running this program all need
access to these files, and my question is if anyone
know of a good way to make sure that only one user
have access to these files at the time.Use a database server instead.

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Here is my problem: system once froze after waking from sleep, rebooted it, never worked again. A forbiden sign appears when i rebooted it.
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I now want to return the computer to Apple cuz it is not one year old yet!!! My first mac and so many troubles.... argh!
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If you don't have your data backed up elsewhere, it may be too late to do so now. The lesson to take from this experience is that you should back up when everything is working perfectly instead of waiting until the sky falls.
Don't take the computer to Apple to have the drive replaced under warranty until you've recovered any data that can be salvaged from it, as I describe below. If you take it to Apple now, Apple will remove the old drive and keep it, with all your data on it.
STOP installing things on the failed drive. If its directory is among the things on it that have been damaged, anything you write to the disk may irrevocably overwrite data that you hope to recover, but have been unable to access up to now. Instead of continuing to muck around with the drive and putting your data at further risk, download the free trial version of one or more of these data recovery utilities and let it show you what data, if any, is recoverable from the failed drive:
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Our Win7 machine is our main computer that shares an external hard drive with much information that the other computers need to access. What we have noticed is either after a sleep, or even a period of time of say, 2 hours, those files are no longer able to be accessed. The Win7 machine is still sharing them, but the WinXP machines are unable to access them anymore and my Mac can see the computer is unable to connect to the folders. I have gone and attempted to get some help over at Microsofts site but that was a fail. Here is the link to the forum post there. http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7network/thread/f0a2e8d6-f75a-41d7-a280-c6f3adbffa...
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Dell Support Forum with same issue I posted >> http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/network-internet-wireless/f/3324/p/19337620/19716797.asp...

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Update your LAN card driver from the manufacturer's site. Don't use the driver from windows update.
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Hi
Thanks for your reply:
When I used Terminal, this is what happened (I'd logged in as a root user):
Karl-Texlers-Computer:~ root#
Karl-Texlers-Computer:~ root# cd /automount
Karl-Texlers-Computer:/automount root# ls
Servers static
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rm: Servers: is a directory
Karl-Texlers-Computer:/automount root# sudo rm servers
rm: servers: is a directory
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rm: static: is a directory
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-sh: cd/Network: No such file or directory
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Cheers!
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I think they are at the Root of the HD, in the
hidden Files/Folders/Aliases called...
automount/Servers
automount/static
Network
In Terminal type or paste...
cd /automount
Type ls into terminal to be sure we are there, should
show like...
bdaqua:/automount bdaqua$ ls
Servers static
Now type...
sudo rm Servers
After entering and completing, type...
sudo rm static
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bdaqua:/Network bdaqua$ ls
Servers
Type...
sudo rm Servers
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CAUTION: sudo gives you Super Powers, and rm will
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Edited by: Dude on Jun 23, 2011 12:08 PM

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