Problems with Administrator login for 10.7 imaged macs

In the computer suites with 10.7 image machines I'm having a problem with the administrator account. When I login as the local administrator UID 501 I have no access to any of this users home folders, inluding the ~/Library folder. Having a look at the permissions shows that administrator is the owner with read-write permissions. Typing in the command:
sudo chown -R $USER ~$USER

Comes up with:
Folder does not exist

but typing in:
sudo chown -R $USER ~/Users/administrator


Administrators-iMac-49:~ administrator$ id -u $USER
501
Administrators-iMac-49:~ administrator$ ls -Al
total 64
-rw-------   1 administrator  staff      3  5 Jul  2012 .CFUserTextEncoding
-rw-r--r--@  1 administrator  staff  12292 10 Jul  2012 .DS_Store
drwxr-xr-x   4 administrator  staff    136  6 Jul  2012 .adobe
-rw-------   1 administrator  staff   3357 12 Jul  2012 .bash_history
-rwxrwxrwx@  1 administrator  staff     30  6 Jul  2012 .fgufohsrc
-rw-r--r--@  1 administrator  staff     17  6 Jul  2012 .sewtzsfn
drwxr-xr-x   2 administrator  staff     68  6 Jul  2012 Applications
drwx------+  5 administrator  staff    170 15 Oct 15:40 Desktop
drwx------+  7 administrator  staff    238  9 Jul  2012 Documents
drwx------+  6 administrator  staff    204 10 Jul  2012 Downloads
drwx------+ 39 administrator  staff   1326  9 Jul  2012 Library
drwx------+  3 administrator  staff    102  5 Jul  2012 Movies
drwx------+  4 administrator  staff    136  9 Jul  2012 Music
drwx------+  5 administrator  staff    170  6 Jul  2012 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x+  5 administrator  staff    170  5 Jul  2012 Public
lrwxr-xr-x   1 administrator  staff     63 12 Jul  2012 Send Registration -> /Users/administrator/Library/Assistants/Send Registration.setup
Administrators-iMac-49:~ administrator$ sudo chown -R $USER ~
Password:
Administrators-iMac-49:~ administrator$ ls -Al
total 64
-rw-------   1 administrator  staff      3  5 Jul  2012 .CFUserTextEncoding
-rw-r--r--@  1 administrator  staff  12292 10 Jul  2012 .DS_Store
drwxr-xr-x   4 administrator  staff    136  6 Jul  2012 .adobe
-rw-------   1 administrator  staff   3357 12 Jul  2012 .bash_history
-rwxrwxrwx@  1 administrator  staff     30  6 Jul  2012 .fgufohsrc
-rw-r--r--@  1 administrator  staff     17  6 Jul  2012 .sewtzsfn
drwxr-xr-x   2 administrator  staff     68  6 Jul  2012 Applications
drwx------+  5 administrator  staff    170 15 Oct 15:40 Desktop
drwx------+  7 administrator  staff    238  9 Jul  2012 Documents
drwx------+  6 administrator  staff    204 10 Jul  2012 Downloads
drwx------@ 39 administrator  staff   1326  9 Jul  2012 Library
drwx------+  3 administrator  staff    102  5 Jul  2012 Movies
drwx------+  4 administrator  staff    136  9 Jul  2012 Music
drwx------+  5 administrator  staff    170  6 Jul  2012 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x+  5 administrator  staff    170  5 Jul  2012 Public
lrwxr-xr-x   1 administrator  staff     63 12 Jul  2012 Send Registration -> /Users/administrator/Library/Assistants/Send Registration.setup


fixes the problem. Logging out and back in again randomly recreates the problem. It's as though there are two administrators with different UID's and it's random which one it logs in with. There is the possibility that there is a networked account. Next I shall switch off networked accounts and log in.

Just used the ls command which lists the UID instead of username:
ls -n
total 8
drwxr-xr-x   2 1414341556  20    68  6 Jul  2012 Applications
drwx------+  5 1414341556  20   170 15 Oct 15:40 Desktop
drwx------+  7 1414341556  20   238  9 Jul  2012 Documents
drwx------+  6 1414341556  20   204 10 Jul  2012 Downloads
drwx------+ 39 1414341556  20  1326  9 Jul  2012 Library
drwx------+  3 1414341556  20   102  5 Jul  2012 Movies
drwx------+  4 1414341556  20   136  9 Jul  2012 Music
drwx------+  5 1414341556  20   170  6 Jul  2012 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x+  5 1414341556  20   170  5 Jul  2012 Public
lrwxr-xr-x   1 1414341556  20    63 12 Jul  2012 Send Registration -> /Users/administrator/Library/Assistants/Send Registration.setup
Administrators-iMac-75:~ administrator$

Sorted, it simply thinks that there is an administrator account with UID 1414341556


Administrators-iMac-75:~ administrator$ id -u $USER
501
Administrators-iMac-75:~ administrator$

I have now run the command:
chown -R 501 /Users/administrator

I have yet to find a re-occurrence.

------------------- march 2014

well, I found a re-occurrence. I ended up renaming the administrator account to:

administratorb

Cheers