Default user folders on Leopard 10.5 clients

Environment:
Mixed network, using AD for authentication and Xserve for Application control and home folders.
When binding client to AD i am using AFP for home folder path. I do not allow mobil profiles and also not forcing local home.
Problem:
When user log in to client computer the default folders (Movies, Music, etc) are not being created. The only folders that are there are Desktop and Library.
Example: User's iMovie project is not saving because the Movies folder is missing. The user is also able to go into their home folder and manually create the Movies, Music etc. folders, but aren't they supposed to be created automatically when the user login?
Extra info.
Permissions set on the home folder.
POSIX
user - w/r
AdminGroup - w/r
Others - r/o
ACL (coming from windows)
user - Full Control
Did anyone have this problem before? Any solutions?
Thanks

Its Not Just me WHo is Havin this Problem... Every Leopard user who has Mainstage also has this problem...And I have Only one Login [Admin Login]

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If you are the only user of your system you may be able to do this fairly easily. If there is more than one account it still may be be possible but there's a potential "gotcha".
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I assume this access is open to everyone when I connecto any wireless network
No necessarily, it depends whether you just changed your home folders and nothing else.
But just your home folders present a problems as they should have extended attributes which are now removed. More on that later.
Using one chmod to a directory affects all equally, though the files may have individually different permissions.
I don't know how extensively you have altered the modes permissions, but from what you have shown in your first post your Home folders are incorrect.
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drwx------
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to write the ACL shown as @
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You could just change those home folders to chmod 700 and see how it goes without the attribute, or bite the bullet and do an Archive and Install.
I do not run parallels and so have no idea what is permissions should be.
That Time capsule is starting to look pretty good now
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Thanks, but that site doesn't have a clear answer.
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