Home Folders not located in the usual place....Please Help!

Question

I had a power failure this past weekend and now the client stations get the following error after logging in and selecting a group:
"The Home folder for user "student1" is not located in the ususal place or cannot be accessed.
I have done the following:
1-Unshare and share share points
2-Delete mcx_cache file in client station
3-check host name
4-Demote Server to recreate Home Directories
I created a new user and group with this new directory after demoting and promoting the server to Open Directory Master and I still get the dreaded message that the Home Folders can't be accessed, any assisstance will be greatly appreciated!
If I log in with a network user using the server, I can log in fine, also, if I go to the client computer and log in as a local user, and try to connect using the finder menu and a network user I have no problems. What else I can do to solve this issue!

Answer 1

It looks something like this:
Last login: Wed Jan 24 09:00:35 on console
Welcome to Darwin!
room312server:~ admin$ host 10.36.100.5
5.100.36.10.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer room312server.18b115.nycboe.org.
room312server:~ admin$ host room312server.18b115.nycboe.org
room312server.18b115.nycboe.org has address 10.36.100.5
room312server:~ admin$ dscl /Search - read/Users/student1 | grep HomeDirectory
dscl (v20.4)
usage: dscl [options] [<datasource> [<command>]]
datasource:
localhost (default) or
<hostname> (requires DS proxy support, >= DS-158) or
<nodename> (Directory Service style node name) or
<domainname> (NetInfo style domain name)
options:
-u <user> authenticate as user (required when using DS Proxy)
-P <password> authentication password
-p prompt for password
-raw don't strip off prefix from DS constants
-url print record attribute values in URL-style encoding
-q quiet - no interactive prompt
commands:
-read <path> [<key>...]
-create <record path> [<key> [<val>...]]
-delete <path> [<key> [<val>...]]
-list <path> [<key>]
-append <record path> <key> <val>...
-merge <record path> <key> <val>...
-change <record path> <key> <old value> <new value>
-changei <record path> <key> <value index> <new value>
-search <path> <key> <val>
-auth [<user> [<password>]]
-authonly [<user> [<password>]]
-passwd <user path> [<new password> | <old password> <new password>]
when I type lookupd this is what I get:
room312server:~ admin$ lookupd -q mount
dir: /Network/Servers/
name: room312server.18b115.nycboe.org:/
opts: net url==afp://;AUTH=NO%20USER%[email protected]///
vfstype: url
dir: /Network/Servers/
name: room312server.18b115.nycboe.org:/Groups
opts: net url==afp://;AUTH=NO%20USER%[email protected]/Groups
vfstype: url
dir: /Network/Servers/
name: room312server.18b115.nycboe.org:/Users
opts: net url==afp://;AUTH=NO%20USER%[email protected]/Users
vfstype: url
What do you mean by mounting the user share manually?
Thanks for your assistance!