File Sharing and Permissions ANNOYING!!!

I'm trying to share files between my macpro and macbook pro, both running 10.5.2. The files appear to share fine between the 2. I throw a file into the public folder and it pops up on my other mac, even opens fine. But when I go to save it, it says I don't have sufficient privilages. It seems that by default any file that is shared is the property of the sending mac and automatically denies me write privilages on any files I send between my macs. The only way to fix this is copy the files once they reach their destination mac, which is annoying when you're dealing with large files and whole directories full of large files.
What I want to be able to do is copy a file or folder from, lets say, my macbook pro to my macpro and automatically have full privilages on it, without the need to re-copy it. I even set up a folder outside of the public folder and set that up as a shared folder. That didn't work. When I connect between my macs I do it via direct ethernet and I don't use the guest account.
I'm a digital graphics artist, so this is **** trying to keep my assets available and up to date on both my machines.
Oh, and I can't use target disk mode unfortunately (has to do with license servers, floating licenses and lengthy 3d renders).
thanks for any help on this,
kvb

The easiest way is to authenticate as a valid user on each box.
For your MacBook Pro
Click on "Connect as..." on the MacPro icon and enter the username and Password of a valid user on the MacPro.
For your MacPro
Click on "Connect as..." on the MacBookPro icon and enter the username and Password of a valid user on the MacBookPro.
That should work, with full access.

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