Mountain lion server network accounts are not mounting network home directory, rather its creating a blank local directory

I have set up a scratch mountain lion server with open directory. copied over old user account directories and added my users that match the directory ids. Currently if a networked user logs into a networked computer, instead of mounting the network home directory, its creating a local home directory. suggestions?
thanks,
Dave

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