Problem: how to reset clients so that they re-connect to a OD Server

I have a problem with our Open Directory clients (running 10.5.x and 10.6.x)
Due to a hardware failure I needed to re-install our MacOSX Server system. I decided to start over with a fresh installation of OSX 10.6 Server and completely new settings, since I wanted to migrate our server from 10.5 to 10.6 anyway.
The 10.6 server installation seems to be fine, but I am running into one problem:
Our client computers were set up to connect to the 10.5 server via the "Directory Services" app. The clients were set to have some managed preferences, like using the Software Update server on the OSX server system; this worked fine with our 10.5 server, and when I initially set up the client systems to access the 10.5 OD server via Directory Services, an auto-configuration started on the client systems, setting up e.g. iChat and Software update to communicate with the server.
Now in my new installation, this does not happen anymore on our existing systems. To me it looks like the clients still think that they are configured correctly by the server (the IP address and the name of the server did not change). But even when removing the server from Directory Services app on the clients and setting it up again the screen asking if the system should be set up to use the services does not come up again.
Is there a way to reset the client computers into a state where they think they were never connected to a Open Directory server, so that they re-launch the auto configuration when connecting to our server system? Or is there something I am missing on our server that needs to be configured to set up clients to e.g. use the Software Update server? The Software Update server is running on the server, and the users are set up to use the SU server, but the info seems not to move over to the client systems…
Thanks a lot,
Floh

Maybe you can try this.
Here is a workaround:
1) In the Utilities folder, open Keychain Access. In the System keychain, find and delete the three com.apple.kerberos.kdc entries - a certificate and a public/private key pair generated from that certificate.
2) In Terminal, run 'sudo rm -fr /var/db/krb5kdc' - this will destroy the local KDC database.
3) In Terminal, run 'sudo /usr/libexec/configureLocalKDC' - this will regenerate the local KDC database, including a new certificate and SHA1 hash.
4) Bind the machine to OD.
I use this when i install an new image on an new Mac and have to bind it to our OD server (in our new image this not necessary anymore)

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