How do I restore permission access to entire iPhoto library

I am having trouble accessing photos within my iPhoto library. I keep just my iPhoto library on a separate partition of my MacBook Pro drive (but not my home folder). I can see thumbnails of the photos within iPhoto but when I try to access the larger photo I see a giant exclamation mark:
I have had this issue before using Lion and was able to restore permissions via the following terminal commands:
sudo chown -R username (press spacebar, drop iPhoto library file into Terminal window, press enter)
sudo chmod -R -N (press spacebar, drop iPhoto library file into Terminal window, press enter)
sudo chmod -R u+rwX (press spacebar, drop iPhoto library file into Terminal window, press enter)
this no longer seems to work under lion. Any suggestions?

The ! turns up when iPhoto loses the connection between the thumbnail in the iPhoto Window and the file it represents.
This is not necessarily a permissions issue, but could also be a corrupt library.
To repair permissions in the iPhoto Library: Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. You'll see the option to check and repair Library permissions.
If that doesn't help, what version of iphoto do you have? Assuming 09 or later...
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one. .
Regards
TD

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