Local Server Characters

[hoser2x]

I'm running 5.3 DR2 on a local server and have noticed that whenever we create characters they appear to be viewable to all users. All 3 characters were created by status 200 users and even though they were created by different accounts were assigned the same account_id #. I've tried changing the account_id value to correlated with the appropriate id in the account table, but never see the character when i sign on as the other account. I can revert this change and everyone still is able to see the character.

We have 3 accounts and 3 characters:

account = acct1
status = 0
id = 1

account = acct2
status = 200
id = 2

account = acct3
status = 200
id = 3

character = toon1
account_id = 2

character = toon2
account_id = 2

character = toon3
account_id = 2


Any help is appreciated.