ACL's and color labels...

The short version: I setup some ACL stuff (that I don't really understand) in order to share some files that previously belonged to only one user. Now I can't change the color labels in Finder.
The long version:
I share an iMac at work and recently decided to create my own account to keep my settings separate from the other person's. I tried moving our projects folder, managed fonts folder, iPhoto library, etc. into the Shared user folder, but iPhoto wasn't having it. The original account was fine with the change, but my new account was locked out. So, I found a little tutorial online (link below) about sharing the iPhoto library in the Shared user folder with some Access Control List (ACL) stuff. Anyway, I have everything running smoothly, but I can't seem to change the color labels in Finder. I control+click the folder and all the color label options are "grayed" out; I can't click on them. I was able to set a color label to a new folder, but I can't remove or change the label on an old folder.
Here's the command I used, followed by a link to the complete tutorial I used:
sudo chmod +a "UserName allow delete,chown,list,search,add_file,\
addsubdirectory,delete_child,file_inherit,directoryinherit" \
/Users/Shared/iPhoto\ Library
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050904072808460&lsrc=osxh
So.... what's going on and how do I fix it? ; )
Oh yeah, the iMac is a 2 GHz Intel Core Duo with Mac OS X 10.4.11
Message was edited by: Iynque

you need to expand that command a little.
Try this one
*sudo chmod -R +a "staff allow list,addfile,search,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,readextattr, writeextattr,readsecurity,writesecurity,chown,file_inherit,directoryinherit" path/to/folder*
as before, instead of path/to/folder put the path to the folder you are doing this to.

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