Folders on 2nd partition don't lock

I have a couple of questions about folders not locking and permissions not repairing after updating to 10.5.8. Not sure whether they are related but am hoping someone can shed a bit of light.
I currently have 2 partitions on my HD, one with OSX10.5.6 and the other 10.5.8. On each partition there is also a sub account which I use instead of the admin account. What seems strange is that the folders/directiories on the partition which is not in use are staying unlocked. In other words when I'm in logged into 'Z' partition and look at 'Y' partition there are no red icons on the 'Y' directories to show they are in a locked state (as I think they should be). This means I can open any folder in 'Y' partition simply by double clicking on them and then drag files across. It also happens vice versa when I boot from the other partition.
The second thing is, after installing a new copy of 10.5.6 then using the combo 10.5.8.dmg file to update I found that quite a few permissions were not being repaired (50, to be exact), even after rebooting and trying a number or times from the disc. The files not being repaired are all in the /Systems/Library folder and are either CodeResources, CodeDirectory or CodeSignature. On all of them I get the message... "should be ?-------- , they are -------- ." They are located in places like:
/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents
/Extensions/IOUSBMassStorageClass.kext/Contents/
/CoreServices/Kerberos
/PrivateFrameworks/DotMacSyncManager.framework
/Frameworks/Kerberos.framework
/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework
/Frameworks/AppKit.framework
/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework
/CoreServices/Screen Sharing.app
/PrivateFrameworks/ScreenSharing.framework
/SystemProfiler/SPDisplaysReporter
/CoreServices/CCacheServer.app
/KerberosPlugins/KerberosDatabasePlugins/ etc etc...
All permissions repaired ok before the update. Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas about how I could correct these things?
Thanks

Permissions: See Mac OS X 10.5- Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions messages that you can safely ignore. These are innocuous messages that will occur each time you repair permissions.
On each of your partitions do the following:
Select the volume icon on the Desktop and press COMMAND-I to open the Get Info window. In the Ownership and Sharing section be sure the box labeled "Ignore permissions on this volume" is not checked. If it is then uncheck it. Next verify that the permissions for the volume are:
Owner=system with r/w privileges
Group=admin with r/w privileges
Everyone is read-only
If they are not as above then you will need to modify them to conform with those permissions. This can be done by opening the Terminal application in the Utilities folder and at the terminal prompt enter:
sudo chown root:admin (enter a space after "admin" then select the volume icon from the Desktop and drag it to the Terminal window after that space.)
Press RETURN. You will be prompted to enter your admin password which will not be echoed after which press RETURN again.

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