Connecting 2 macs using Leopard...

Hello. I hope you can help.
I have 2 macs (iMac G5 and an iBook G4) wirelessly connected to each other using airport. This is a daft question but I really can't see how I share data between the 2? I have 'shared' showing up in the finder, the 2 macs listed and 2 x public folders. However I can't access the drop box on either as it says I don't have sufficient privileges... (um, I'm the admin on both???). Is this the right way to share data between the 2 anyway?
Any help would be very gratefully received!
~ Caroline

Hello
I saw your answer to this question and I have a related one. I'd like to be able to full control my G5 from my MacBook - run all applications, etc. I can connect them via ethernet or via my Apple network. Can you suggest a way to do this? Do I need Apple Remote Desktop, or is this capability built into the OS.
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