Accessing music on new computer login????

Probably very simple but....I have created a new account login on my mac which is blank apart from ilife etc...I want to have access to the itunes library on my current login...this is so I can play music on one and give other people access to it without them going into my main audio/video production login.....how can i do this...
cheers for any help in advance

Udmurt wrote:
does this mean that any music I add in this login will not save and be accessible by both logins,
it will save and be accessible, if the music folder is publicly available as described in the article above.
and that anything i add in the original login will update in the new one
no. whatever login 1 adds must be manually added by login 2.

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