Permissions - again!

I use Foldershare as a form of backup and sharing files between machines. Since I reinstalled OS X due to permissions problems I have had issues with synchronising. I get the message that I do not have permission to read or write a file to Trash.
This seems to be connected to file permissions on the data files that I copied back to the Mac post OS X reinstall.
If I go through each file that FS raises as an issue and allow "everyone" to read and write the file is ok, otherwise no go. Similarly I cannot move or delete a file without using my password. Looking endlessly through the Support topics it seems my new ID no longer owns the files - hence needing the password etc.
I have tried the various Terminal commands I have found on topics but still have no success at globally resetting permissions.
Can anyone point me to a command or source of information.
Hope this makes sense and thanks to all those are so helpful in this place.

I did that and got a long list of files "not permitted" - examples are:
chown: /Users/JvG/Hill Top/Alice/PSP9/Xerces.dll: Operation not permitted
chown: /Users/JvG/Hill Top/Innovate/Novar/generic logistics contract (novar).doc: Operation not permitted
chown: /Users/JvG/Hill Top/Innovate/Novar/generic logistics contract.doc: Operation not permitted
chown: /Users/JvG/Hill Top/Innovate/Novar/Service Suppliers review - project charter.doc: Operation not permitted
chown: /Users/JvG/Hill Top/Innovate/Novar/TRENDSERVICELEVELAGREEMENT.doc: Operation not permitted
chown: /Users/JvG/Hill Top/Laura/My Music: Operation not permitted
chown: /Users/JvG/Hill Top/Laura/My Pictures: Operation not permitted
chown: /Users/JvG/Hill Top/Thesis/Wages Europe.doc: Operation not permitted
chown: /Users/JvG/Hill Top/Thesis/WAREHOUSE Book.doc: Operation not permitted
chown: /Users/JvG/Hill Top/Thesis/Web sites 12042001.doc: Operation not permitted
chown: /Users/JvG/Hill Top/Thesis/Why Automate Cleco.doc: Operation not permitted
chown: /Users/JvG/Hill Top/Thesis: Operation not permitted
It is only on these directories, Hill Top is my main location for data - should this happen?

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