1 Mac.  Two User accounts. Same iTunes library.

can two user accounts use the same tunes library?
i donthave to put the library in the public/shared folder do i?
thx

one question though.....
it seems that each user has a different user library, even though the libaray files are stored in the same place.....
that is irriating
how can i tell itunes to have both users itunes library data files in the same place?
is that possible?

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