Webdav users have no write privileges...

OK, so this is a strange one. Moving to a completely new Mavericks server, and have discovered that network users can't write when connecting over WebDav from iPads.
To keep it short, everything seems to be working find except this. Our network is extremely simple; In our school each user is setup on the server (no problems) and can login with any computer in the building (no problems either). It's simple. However, NONE of these users can write to their home-folders when trying to "share" a document from (for example) Pages on the iPad. A "possibly read-only" error appears. The login goes fine, everything authenticates for every user, but no-go when it comes to actually writing the file.
Any ideas? All the correct boxes are checked for the "Homefolders" directory (share over: AFP, WebDav), and Mac to Mac it all appears to be fine.
For kicks I setup an old MacBook with our old Lion server and setup a test folder to be shared over WebDav, and that works fine, so the problem appears to be either with Mavericks Server specifically (as far as I can tell)...
Thanks for any help you can provide.

Your old Home folder is intact. But when you upgraded you did not create or were not assigned the same userid that you had before.
This sometimes happens when the original system was Jaguar or earlier even though Tiger was the latest.
It also happens for many other reasons, including creating your own folders as has happened with your system.
You need to familiarize yourself with terminal and change the ownership of those errant folders to match that of your current one.
It's not simple, but it can be done if you are careful.
Check out this article and see if it helps:
http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=80606
Post again if you have any questions or reservations, etc.
I would also be sure you have a full backup of all your files.

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