Mac OS X Server as a PHD Client

Hi,
I've got a development environment setup on a powerbook to match the production environment on a server. Both machines are running Mac OS X Server 10.4.9. Right now I have AFP setup on the production server machine and can access the Home Directory on the production server from the laptop.
What I would like to do is have these home directories sync. The user account on the production server was created using Workgroup Manager in the LDAP domain I have setup there. But when I enable the PHD settings for the machine in the computer lists or for the user no sync happens.
Can Mac OS X server act as a PHD client? And if so, am I missing any steps in the setup?
Production Machine
DNS setup and working correctly
Open Directory Setup and working with kerberos running
AFP setup and working with kerberos authentication
Added an LDAP account for the same user that is on the dev machine
Added the dev machine to a computer list and set the preferences of that list to do background PHDs (also tried this for the user)
Development machine
Created User account loaded up with data
Changed Directory access to accept LDAP instructions from DHCP
Can mount home directory from the finder
No PHD sync
Any ideas?
17" Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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