Problems moving a mobile user to a new machine

Hi there,
the subject already points it out roughly.
Situation is as follows:
I've got a OS X 10.8 server providing several services (mail, contacts, File server etc.). I have some clients attached, those are dedicated to one user with a mobile home which is synching between server and client (set via Workgroup Manager). Clients also have 10.8 or 10.9 respectively. One remark: These systems have evolved from 10.6 to their current version, especially te server was 10.6 originally.
I now want to replace one MBP with a current MBPr. Both have the same OS (10.9). I tried it with doing a 'last' sync back from the MBP to the server, and afterwards an initial sync to the new MBPr. After doing this I was able to create a mobile home on the new machine (at least I thought), but the sync was done in a second and nothing was transferred. The situation didn't change after some more tries. If I log in in an do NOT create a mobile home and start the user from the server, this comes up with all data.
Any idea how I get the data over the the new machine? Do I have to use the new "Profile Manager"? I am just curious as it is working like a charm in the "old" setup, but does not work with the new MBPR.
Hope you can help!

Well, it seems that I at least have an idea what the reason might be. The FileSyncAgent.log on the client shows the following entries that hint to a Permission Error (see below).
Any idea which permissions are meant? I think there might be an issue with the filesystem - any idea what rights are required to allow proper synching?
[13/12/17 20:35:18.980] Starting manual sync of "HomeSync_Mirror".
[13/12/17 20:35:19.417] EXCEPTION: Permissions Error
[13/12/17 20:35:19.424] Peer "network" is unable to sync. Not enough peers will be available to continue syncing.
[13/12/17 20:35:19.424] Aborting sync of "HomeSync_Mirror".
[13/12/17 20:35:19.457] Sync of "HomeSync_Mirror" encountered errors. (Permissions Error)
[13/12/17 20:35:19.457] Last successful sync completed at 0001-12-30 00:00:00 +0000.
[13/12/17 20:35:19.457] Finished sync of "HomeSync_Mirror".
[13/12/17 20:35:30.344] Starting automatic sync of "HomeSync_Mirror".
[13/12/17 20:35:32.289] EXCEPTION: Permissions Error
[13/12/17 20:35:32.405] Peer "network" is unable to sync. Not enough peers will be available to continue syncing.
[13/12/17 20:35:32.405] Aborting sync of "HomeSync_Mirror".
[13/12/17 20:35:32.544] Sync of "HomeSync_Mirror" encountered errors. (Permissions Error)
[13/12/17 20:35:32.544] Last successful sync completed at 0001-12-30 00:00:00 +0000.
[13/12/17 20:35:32.544] Finished sync of "HomeSync_Mirror".

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