AEBS Shared Disk structure with multiple drives?

I recently added a second HD to my AEBS 802.11n. I was sharing the first disk on my network with "User Accounts". This created a /Users/<user-share> structure on the shared disk so that each user had their own private share point. With the new disk, however, the AEBS creates a folder called /Shared on the second disk and ALL accounts use that directory as a share point on the new drive, i.e. all files from UserA are accessible by UserB. I've tried PUTING the /Users/<user-share> structure on the second drive (by connecting it to my mac, creating the directories, and reconnecting it to the AEBS), but the AEBS still uses the /Shared directory.
Any ideas? Any further comments on how the AEBS handles shares with multiple accounts and multiple disks?
Apple's documentation is VERY poor on this topic, it is a bit disappointing.
-jmj

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