How do I get mac to use my server!

Ok this is probably the simplest question, and yet I don't anything anywhere that tells me how to do this.
I installed a Tiger server on a small network and I have 4 regular macs running Tiger.
How do I tell the macs to login using the server? I want them to use the software update server, as well as the mail server (but thats done already) plus one of the machines is a laptop that is often out and about (so I will configure portable home directories when I figure it out).
So????

My experience is that Open Directory can suffer from the occasional glitch, and these can be introduced either by a preference file or some such becoming corrupt, or by not setting up stuff on the server in the right order, or by not having DNS configured properly.
Looking at your duplicate post under "Using Mac OS X server", I think there is clearly a problem with the way your DNS / DHCP / OD is set up, and there is a case for you starting again, especially because you have only four accounts to create in WorkGroup Manager.
Grant Bennet-Alder mentions John DeTroye's guide, and it looks really useful. You should note however, that it relates to Panther, not Tiger. That is mostly irrelevant, but it does matter with the DNS setup. Tiger is much simpler, and doesn't involve all the steps that Panther did. It removes some options, but this is going to be an advantage in your situation. You should make sure you follow Apple's own docs for DNS.
The main thing about DeTroye's guide is his insistence on doing things slowly and in the right order.
Hope it works for you.
Martin

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