Troubleshoot sharing between two iMacs

I have two computers - Alice's and Bob's - on my wireless network. Both can connect to the internet, and they were successfully set up to share a wireless printer as well. Both machines have "File Sharing" and "Printer Sharing" set up in System Preferences > Sharing.
Alice has a Shared folder (Everyone: Read & Write) which Bob can navigate to in the Finder with no problem: Alice's iMac shows in Bob's Finder under "Shared" items, and Bob can click on that to browse all items in Alice's Shared folder. The reverse should work as well, but it does not.
Bob also has a Shared folder (also Everyone: Read & Write), and Bob's iMac shows in Alice's Finder under "Shared" items. However, when Alice clicks on that, the finder shows a "Connection Failed" error.
Bob's File Sharing display states, "other users can access shared folders on this computer, and admininstrators all volumes, at afp://192.168.1.15/...". If Alice uses her Finder to Connect to Server: Server Address afp://192.168.1.15/, the connection is attempted but fails with the error message: The Finder cannot complete the operation because some data in "afp://192.168.1.15" could not be read or written. (Error code -36)
Help? What to troubleshoot next? I'm not sure why sharing would work so easily in one direction, but not in the other - the machines are both running 10.5.8.
Thanks in advance, I'll be watching this thread closely and am ready to try any suggested next steps.

This sounds a little familiar to me - I had a similar problem sharing directoreis between our two home-computers. What worked for me was making sure that :
1. the user accounts and groups exist on both computers
2. their properties are exactly the same, i.e. :
GeneratedUID's
PrimaryGroupID
UID
GID
I admit that I do not see clear through all this, but now it works like a charm ...

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