Problem with permissions on Lion.

I am having a few different things going on with my macbookpro. On a different question I was told that the problem is probably a hard drive and I should replace it. However,ican not do that at this time since I am traveling.
The permission problem is this. When I try to download the update for lion and then try to install it I am told I do not have permission. I did run the verify permissions and then repair permissions. I did this twice . Both times itrepaired something. I also follow a suggestion fron Linc Davis on a different thread. This did not work. What I did do is login as a guest and then tried to download and run the updates. And yes under guest I can do this I have permission!
I would like to know how to repair the permissions in my admin account. If it can't be fixed then how do I make a new admin account?
As a side note when I attach my camera to upload pictures to iPhoto or aperture these programs will not recognize the camera as a device. I don't know if that is related to permissions again. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Sounds like you have some other issues going on.
You need a fast relaible Internet connection so you can first Repair Disk and Reinstall just OS X, while command r booted from Lion Recovery HD/Partition.
Note: a few programs that have kext file in OS X at boot will no longer work afer Reinstalling just OS X, resinstall those programs from fresh sources and update. If you get a Gray screen or other hang, hold the Shift Key down to disable them and either remove the offending program (use their uninstaller!) or update it.
If you know OS X and the drive is good, then you can create a new User account in System Preferences and log into that to see if your problems continue, if so it's like a program or Applications area problem.
If it's isolated to the previous User account, try to locate what program(s) it occurs, corrupted files etc, if it's on the Internet or not etc.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3046

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