Trouble enabling Palm OS Sync'ing in iSync 2.2

I have a user with an iMac G5 running OS X 10.4.6, iSync 2.2, and Palm Desktop 4.2.1 rev D. (All the latest and greatest). Right now his Treo syncs through Palm Desktop fine to his Palm database, but we'd like to switch him over to sync to Address Book and iCal. In the old days of iSync 1.x I knew how to do this by installing Apple's "iSync Palm Conduit 1.2", but nowadays I understand with iSync 2.x you need to run the "Devices > Enable Palm OS Syncing..." menu command first which patches the conduits correctly.
The problem is, when I try that I get an error saying that Palm Desktop isn't installed properly. I know that it is, and just to be sure I reinstalled it. I also opened up the permissions fully by issuing a "sudo chmod -R a=rw+X /Applications/Palm" command in Terminal.
One thought I have is that this user is a Standard user. Do you need to run the "Enable Palm OS Syncing..." command as an administrator, since there may be application support pieces installed elsewhere? Has anyone else had issues getting this to work?
Your help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
1.42GHz Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.6) 1GB RAM, SuperDrive, Airport

It is a permissions problem, but not in the location you imagine. The issue is primarily with the permissions settings here:
Macintosh HD:Library:Application Support:Palm HotSync
This issue occurs most commonly because a user has chosen to perform an archive and install of Mac OS X. Here are the appropriate Terminal entries to correct it:
• sudo chown -R <shortusername>:admin /Applications/Palm
• sudo chmod -R 775 /Applications/Palm
• sudo chown -R <shortusername>:admin /Library/Application\ Support/Palm\ HotSync/
• sudo chmod -R 775 /Library/Application\ Support/Palm\ HotSync/
• sudo chown -R <shortusername>:admin /Library/Application\ Support/Palm\ Desktop/
• sudo chmod -R 775 /Library/Application\ Support/Palm\ Desktop/
Running those commands should resolve the issue.

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We open HotSync Manager and try again, no luck.
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Welcome to Apple Discussions.
This, or a slight variant of the message you report, is the most common issue encountered with synchronizing a Palm device under OS X. It usually occurs as a result of a user electing to install Mac OS X using the archive and install option.
Here are two methods you can use to correct the problem:
Take a look at the permissions of the folders listed below by selecting each folder, one at a time, and—either using the I key sequence or the Get Info option in the File menu of the Finder—opening the information box for the folder. Your permissions for the folders listed below should appear as described below the pathname to that folder:
For the Macintosh HD:Applications:Palm folder:
Ownership & Permissions
You can: Read & Write
Details
Owner: <shortusername>
Access: Read & Write
Group: admin
Access: Read & Write
Others: Read only
For the Macintosh HD:Library:Application Support:Palm Desktop folder:
Ownership & Permissions
You can: Read & Write
Details
Owner: <shortusername>
Access: Read & Write
Group: admin
Access: Read & Write
Others: Read only
For the Macintosh HD:Library:Application Support:Palm HotSync folder:
Ownership & Permissions
You can: Read & Write
Details
Owner: <shortusername>
Access: Read & Write
Group: admin
Access: Read & Write
Others: Read only
You can either reset those values manually, then restart and recheck them to be sure that they are set correctly or use the Terminal application by typing these strings listed below this example—substituting your short user name—as shown below:
sample: "sudo chown -R <shortusername>:admin /Applications/Palm"
actual: "sudo chown -R michaellafferty:admin /Applications/Palm"
…where michaellafferty is the <shortusername> in my case. Be sure to pay attention to the spaces in each string, and the direction of the / or \ forward and back slash characters.
Here are the appropriate Terminal entries. Each is is shown bulleted below, but actually begins with the term sudo:
• sudo chown -R <shortusername>:admin /Applications/Palm
NOTE: at this point, you'll be asked to enter your login password
• sudo chmod -R 775 /Applications/Palm
• sudo chown -R <shortusername>:admin /Library/Application\ Support/Palm\ HotSync/
• sudo chmod -R 775 /Library/Application\ Support/Palm\ HotSync/
• sudo chown -R <shortusername>:admin /Library/Application\ Support/Palm\ Desktop/
• sudo chmod -R 775 /Library/Application\ Support/Palm\ Desktop/
Again, pay particular attention to the spaces and to the \ characters, as both are critical to the syntax of these commands. Remember to place your actual shortusername in the string where the <shortusername> placeholder is shown, as in the sample above. Do not include the < and > characters around your actual shortusername.
As a Palm user, don't elect to archive and install Mac OS X unless there is no other method to do so which insures that your applications and data are preserved.

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Here two methods you can use to correct the issue:
Take a look at the permissions of the folders listed below. Your permissions for the folders listed below should appear as described below the pathname to that folder:
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Details
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Others: Read only
You can either reset those values manually, [then restart and recheck them to be sure that they are set correctly] or use the Terminal application by typing these strings listed below this example—substituting your short user name—as shown below:
sample: "sudo chown -R <shortusername>:admin /Applications/Palm"
actual: "sudo chown -R michaellafferty:admin /Applications/Palm"
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• sudo chmod -R 775 /Library/Application\ Support/Palm\ HotSync/
• sudo chown -R <shortusername>:admin /Library/Application\ Support/Palm\ Desktop/
• sudo chmod -R 775 /Library/Application\ Support/Palm\ Desktop/
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