Ownership switchs automatically upon login : is this normal ?

Hi all.
Could someone flash some light here ?
When I check permissions for user A, the following
info shows up :
Owner : A
Access : read/write
Group : admin
Access : read/write
Others : read
Apply to enclosed items
then I switch to another account (B) but I still get
the same ownership above. Apparently, user B is not the
owner of its account. If I change the owner permissions
to B, when I switch back to account A, the new owner
is B. This can not be right.
I create a new user, C, but the same thing happens.
I also noticed that when selecting "Apply to enclosed
items" an error message shows up "Error code -36".
What is happening with my iMac G5 ?
Thanks for any help !
S.

Sergio
When I check permissions for user AWhat permissions, exactly, are you checking? Any specific file or folder?
What I think you are describing would be normal for a file/folder outside of the Home folders of the two accounts, given that "Group" has read/write access, if both accounts had admin privileges. Files and folders inside the Home account normally have Group read-only. But please be more specific.

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