"Your network home is in use" message

Hi,
I have a user who just received this message when logging in. His network home was/is definitely not in use.
What can cause this message to appear?
Thanks,
b.

Hi Patrick.
The way the system works is, that until you make a selection other than "Sync Later", your automatic syncs aren't going to work. Every time you "Sync Later", you are putting off the decision, so the server gets the response "Hey, this guy doesn't want to sync right now. We'll wait until next login, and we'll ask them again then."
Even deleting any number of preference files (such as MCX, homesync etc.) won't resolve the matter. At some point you'll need to select the "Sync Now" option.
As you've suggested, you'd probably want to make sure you have an accurate backup of the data first (external hard drive for example). But a lot of the time with this type of sync message, it's just a casual message to let you know that there has been some changes. Nothing too earth shattering.
But you can evaluate your users data now, comparing what's on the workstation, to what's in their home folder.
Usually, when a user has logged into their "non-standard" computer, done some work, and then logged back into the "standard PHD" computer, they will get a "Your network home has changed since your last synchronization. Please select the location of your latest files" type message, with the options "Network Home", "Local Home", "Sync Later". Your problem sounds similar to this, but not exactly the same.
When you're ready, I'd just do a backup of the user files just in case (better to be safe, right?), and then use the Sync Now button.
From there, you may want to log the user out, and log back in again, and see if syncing resumes.
After that, you can also try a "manual" sync, using the "Home" folder pull down menu in the Finder (looks like a little house, if you have it turned on in the Accounts prefs panel).
You may still need to trouble-shoot further after that. but that's the logical steps to follow first.
If you're prompted with the choices of Network home Vs Local Home, you'll need to decide which is most up-to-date.
Hope this helps,
Cheers,
Derek

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