Suddenly unable to save changes to shared document (10.6.4 server & client)

Hi,
a client of mine has a network with a 10.6.4 server and mixed clients (10.6.4 and 10.5.8). People edit documents within shared folders (mainly using Word and Pages) and all works as expected until, sometimes, some of them suddenly can't save changes to the file they were working on, so they have to save it locally (BTW, the mounted disks are still accessible)
The strange thing is that the above does usually happen around 7 PM: I've tried to find out if there are periodic maintenance tasks on the server, other than "daily" (scheduled at 3 AM), but I found none.
The server is running Time Machine, but I've disabled backup of either OpenDirectory and SharePoints data to temporarily avoid a known problem related to it (spontaneous unmount of network volumes and so on).
Thanks for your help!

It sounds like a permissions error within her Home folder. Repair Permissions doesn't touch anything within the Home folder. Use this procedure for that...
1. Start up from your Install Disk.
2. Choose your language.
3. Choose "Reset Password" from the "Utilities" Menu.
(Don't worry we are not going to do that.)
4. Choose the option at the bottom to Repair Permissions and ACLs on your Home Folder.
5. When finished restart from HDD.
Terminal would be quicker,,,
sudo chown -R $USER ~press enter
You'll be prompted for your password, when you enter it, it will be invisible. Next enter this command…
chmod -R u+rwX ~press enter
-mj

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