Time Capsule and Time Machine Wrong Permissions 10.6.6

Well, I have a 2TB TimeCapsule, and I used to backup my external Drobo HD with no problems, that means, my main drive is my Drobo and backup disk is internal TC 2TB HD.
From the last Airport or system update, it started to backup with wrong permissions, so it keeps backing up, but I cant access it back anymore.
So I tried the hard way, I reinstalled a clean Snow Leopard on my iMac and did the combo update to 10.6.6, then I erased the TimeCapsule internal HD and did all the Time Machine backup again (about 1.2TB). Great, almost 2 days, and now the same problem! Here is a picture of what is going on:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/536514/imagens/shot2.jpg
I just can't access the backup data because its backing up with root owner, with no access to other users, so my main user can't access any data from Time Machine.
Course, if I manually change every time all the permissions, it will keep to backup with the wrong permissions and I will not have access to data again.
Here is another picture:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/536514/imagens/shot1.jpg
So, how to solve and repair definitely the permissions issues with TC?!
Thanks in advance!

Ok guys, I managed to resolve this issue (hopefully you did too, but for those who might still be experiencing it), but it was a while ago so I don't remember exactly what the fix was... I think it went something like this:
*If you have many folders to do, it might take some time, and I'm not sure if there is a better way to do it, but here is my fix since nobody has proposed anything else...
1) Grab the blocked file in your TC and restore it to current Mac HD
2) Once it has transfered, locate it in Finder and check it's info (Command+I)
3) At the bottom of the pop-up window, you will have the list of "Sharing & Permissions" and there are good chances that in there, your current user (under the Name column) has "No access"
4) If need be, unlock the Preferences at the bottom right-hand corner (lock icon), to allow access to modify permissions. (This is were it gets fuzzy... I think you need to use the username and password that was used to create the folder back in the day...) Once it is unlocked, change the "Privilege" to "Read & Write" and you're all set to go! (I hope...)
Hope it works for you,
Matt

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    David Cittadini wrote:
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