Default permissions on /Library folder?

I'm having a permissions problem here. I'm trying to reinstall a couple of games from Gamehouse and when they first run they (apparently) need to write a file to the /Library/Application_support folder. Now they all generate an error saying I need to be an admin user (I am) or repair permissions (I have several times, including booting from the 10.5 dvd and running repair from that).
I checked the settings and on TWO different macs both with a recent format/install of 10.5 the permissions are as follows:
/Library
system (r/w), admin (r/w), everyone (r only)
/Library/Application Support
system (r/w), admin (r only), everyone (r only)
ALL of the folders inside the main Library folder are set with the admin user being read only.
On a Tiger machine here, all of the folders in the main Library folder are set with admin user being read/write.
So... has the default permissions changed in 10.5 or do I somehow have an exactly the same wierd issue on 2 different macs?
Thanks if anyone can shed light on this.

after running DU, the permissions on /Library/Application Support are still:
system r/w, admin r-only, everyone r-only
Is this what they are supposed to be? If so, it creates a problem for some installers apparently. If not, I need to find out what changed them incorrectly on mine and fix it. Again, on a Tiger system the admin user has r/w privs on the app support folder... on Leopard its read-only.

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