Unable to access Home on shared drive

Have an iMac and MacBook. After "upgrading" to 10.5.6, I can't "see" my Home directory on either Mac when connecting via AirPort or Firewire. On both machines, I have set prefs so the Home directory is shared. I select the Shared file server in the Finder. I enter my username and password. I see the home directory of the Mac I'm using as well as the other Mac. I select the other Mac but the only User directory that appears is the Shared directory -- my Home directory doesn't appear.
This worked just fine under 10.5.5 and I'm stymied & frustrated. (So while looking for an answer to this, I'm also researching the best way to downgrade to 10.5.5 which I have on an external drive...)

if you are connecting as a registered user don't make the home directory shared. there is no need for this. when connected as a registered user you'll have access to it. if you make it registered it will be treated as a separate share point and you'll see it separately when you click on the the remote mac in the Shared section of the sidebar but it will indeed disappear from /Users.
so either connect as a guest or (and this is better) don't make the home directory shared and connected as a registered user.

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