File sharing permission problem

i have two machines, an iMac and MacBook Pro both running 10.5.6, and am trying to access (via standard file sharing) files residing on the iMac from the MBP. i log in with correct credentials. when i do a Get Info for the file resident on the iMac from the MBP, the file's permissions are incorrect. in fact, if i perform this same operation several times, i get different results, even though the source file is not being touched. the actual perms are rw-rw-r-- with group "media". the displayed perms are always rw-r--r--; the group name is sometimes "staff", sometimes "media".
i'm simply trying to copy files to the MBP from the iMac, wanting to retain permissions. they are always getting messed up.
anyone had any luck in simply copying files from one machine to another and retaining permissions?

on further investigation, perms are just wrong. sometimes the user is incorrect. if i add extended perms (via ACLs), they just don't appear at all.
is this just a bad leopard bug?

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