Multiple users, network, cannot save

We've been chasing some permissions issues around for a week or so. We have several workstations on a server-less network. Each editor has a unique user on each workstation. There are a couple circumstance under which file permissions are preventing us from saving fcp projects.
If I mount another workstation and open a project file from that computer, when I try to save changes, I get a "File Error: Unknown File" message.
If I use Save As to create a copy of the project on the remote computer, that file cannot be opened in FCP after it has been closed. The error message here says "File Error: Wrong Type"
The upshot of these two issues is that I can only open, save, create or copy project files on my local computer and still be able to save over them. Any attempt to save over the remote copy of the file not only fails with an error message (unknown file), but a save or save as to the remote computer corrupts to the project so that it cannot be opened by fcp anymore (wrong type).
There are also issues with multiple users saving the same project on a single workstation, not using the network at all. If user A is the owner of a project file, when user B logs on and tries to edit and save that project, the "File Error: Unknown File" is displayed from 1 to 3 times, as fcp encounters each file resource it is unable to overwrite. In this case, the date modified is updated on the file, and changes appear to be saved. The file is sometimes able to be reopened, and sometimes gets corrupted. I have found no combination of modifying the permissions for the file or the containing folder, applying to enclosed, which enables user B to successfully open and save any file created by user A. The "wrapper" level of the file seems to take the permissions changes, and be modifed at save, but there must be some internal resources in the project file package that are not getting their permissions cleared.
As part of my file management strategy, I always prefer to have one single project file that is my working, "final" project, renaming backup copies as I create them. Not only does this avoid confusion about project versions, particularly in a multi-user environment, but it also helps to keep fcp's internal management of the project's capture and render files nice and neat.
I suspect this is an issue that would require a software revision to fix, to allow the project files internal resources to recognize permissions and access by networked users as they are applied to the wrapper of the project file. However, if anyone out there has any recommendations for workarounds inthe meantime, it would help mmee keep things manageable around here. I the meantime, I will continue making new working copies of the projects each time I need to edit as a different user, or work from a different workstation. Just have to wrap my brain around managing all those copies of the project.

Need a little more info.
How are the computers connected? How do you connect throught the network to view files from other workstations? Are all the computers identical?
If any computer has any updates that are not on all computers, this could cause a problem.
Also, are there any limitations to the user accounts? If each user does not have access to the files...
When you use a server, all of the computers have access to the raw files, (if the files are on the server...I've learned not to assume too much...) but when you have individual workstations you have to have all computers not only connected by cables (i.e.firewire) but you have to connect them through network settings, MY Network, and password in. Always connect to HD so you can choose where to get info. Of course all of this relies on the fact that you trust all of the users to not screw up the workstations they are on...
Basically, each computer has to be a clone of the others, even though they are working independently.
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