Yet another file sharing question...

So I've read the posts and several articles and I still can't get this thing to work.
System setup:
1) MacLion as the main source with users 'administrator' and 'developer' both admin accounts.
2) MacLeopard as the client with user 'administrator' an admin account.
Folder setup on Lion (Get Info):
1) SharedAdmin > owner admin, group groupAdmin, mode 0755
2) SharedDevel > owner devel, group groupDevel, mode 0755
Accounts on Leopard:
1) Administrator/groupAdmin (same as Lion,
Objective:
I'm trying to mount both shared folders on Leopard
can I use two different login from Leopard
do permissions effect file sharing

Right, I think I've got it...
I'm trying to logon from a Leopard machine to a Lion machine that has got two shared folders created on it using different accounts.
I can logon to one shared folder with the appropriate account, that preserves the users and permissions, but when I try to logon to the other shared folder Leopard does not present the logon window and used the previous logon details that messes up the users and permissions.
Am I going about this the right way? And if so wht can't I use two different logon details for the respective accounts?

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