Network user login not always correct

I am using OS X ML (Mac mini server, 8GB RAM, ML 10.5.8) with several clients (mainly iMacs) logging in the OD. Most of the time the login process seems to work OK, but apparently something goes wrong and the trash is not correctly recognised (getting the infamous "items will be deleted immediately"). Logging out and then again in (sometimes this must be done repeatedly - 3 or 4 times) usually settles it and the trash behaves again normally.
Any idea why?

The Snow Leopard/Mac mini Server is bound to the Leopard Server directory. And on the Snow Leopard Server the Network Account Server is set to the Leopard Server. The only issue I am having is that I have a network account, but I cannot login into the Snow Leopard Mac Mini server as a network account user, although I can login into the Snow Leopard Mac mini server as every other network account user on my network. AND I can login into my network user account form the other Leopard Client machines in my office.

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