OS X Server - Mobile User - cookies.sqlite and places.sqlite

Hi.
We have OS X Server running our Mobile User Accounts and HomeSync back to the server in the background.
All the users have problems with the same 2 files not being able to be backed up - belonging to firefox: the cookies.sqlite and places.sqlite file.
Please help if you can.

neuhaus,
I am discovering the same issue. I have come to the same conclusion as you and am terribly disappointed. Did you have any luck figuring this out? Did you submit a bug report?
There is still one factor I am trying to isolate. Is the version of Pages (or other iWork app) being used downloaded from the Apple Store or installed from a DVD?
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