Photos library accessed by multiple accounts on the same Mac.

I have two different log on accounts for my wife and I on our Mac. Prior to converting my library to Photos, we were able to open the same iPhoto/Aperture library. Now since converting to Photos, she cannot open the library. I do have the library set to store in iCloud, but I have it configured to download originals to this Mac. We get the following error:
The library is stored on a external drive.
Thanks

Try logging out the main user, then switching/logging in as another user. Then open Photos and point to the library you want to share.
This worked for me. For whatever reason, you can leave the secondary user logged in, and the main user can still open Photos, but not visa-versa. I don't remember that being the case with iPhoto.

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Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
If you Import the files from one User to another then you will use double the disk space on your HD as you will have multiple copies of everything. Why not simply share the files between accounts?
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