Can't select , edit or delete extra home directories in WGM - User - Home

I am trying to get network user accounts set up on a 10.5.8 server. I have set up the server as an OD master, and created the accounts in LDAPv3/127.0.0.1. However, users can not connect from bound client computers. Logging in from >console, gives an error: "no home direcory "Network/Servers/server.com/disk1/home1/username" Double checking WFGM, shows that the home directory exists, but also under WGM -> Home, there several home paths in addition to the correct one, that I can not delete. Two are groups, neither of which the user belongs to.
afp://servername.com/group1
afp://servername.com/group2
afp://servername.com/username
afp://servername.com/Volumes/disk1/home1/username
The last directory is the correct one, and it is the only one where the "minus" and "pensile" icons (delete and edit) are not grayed out.
The actual home directory was created on /Volumes/disk1/home1/username, so I'm not sure if this is part of the problem or not... Any ideas?

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