3 PC's accessing one iTunes on a NAS

I moved all my music to a shared folder on my NAS. When I log in from my desktop PC, I have my playlists and such. I want my wife to be able to open itunes on her laptop and see the same music but have her own playlists displayed on her itunes. Is there a way to do this? I tried once but when I pointed her laptop to the NAS iTunes basically displayed a mirror of my playlists and such.
TIA
SF

Yes; you can have up to five iTunes Store accounts authorized on any one system.
Regards.

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