Troubles syncing photos from a shared library..

Hello,
When I try to sync photo's to my ipod touch from a iPhoto library that is shared in a folder within the "Users" directory - I get an error that says "You cannot sync your ipod touch as you do not have enough privileges ..." or something very similar.
I used to sync my own iPhoto library without issue and I think (but cannot be sure) that the issue arose when I went to a shared library.
I am pretty sure it is the photos that are creating the problem as when I turn off the option to sync photos all other sync processes complete without error.
I have repaired permissions on my disk (twice)
I have restored my ipod touch once
I have checked to see that permissions are set correctly on the iTunes library.
None of this has solved the problem. One other note of interest, even though the sync is not completing properly my Macbook is seeing the structure of the library file as my sync options mirror the events and folder structure that exists within the shared library.
I hope someone can help and I welcome any direction or suggestions.
I have checked the permissions on the actual library and

I got the same problem with a shared iPhoto library which was created according to
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1198
However, when I deleted the iPod Photo Cache as suggested, the problem still occurred to standard users (my wife and son), but not my account (admin). I checked the folder privilege after it was created after deletion and found that "everyone" shown "read only", not "read and write". Even manually change it to "read and write" cannot solve the problem.
Any idea?
N.B. The iPhoto library can be shared among different users on my iMac without problem.

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