Can't access music on same machine, but under different log-on account

how can I listen to the music my wife has in iTunes, when I'm logged on under my user account?

The easiest way would be to go into her iTunes prefs and click on Sharing. Check the box that says Share My Library on my Local Network. In your iTunes on your User Account, check Look for Shared Libraries in the same window. You will be able to listen ONLY. You won't have Write access to the files.
In order to have complete (Read and Write) access, you'll have to move the iTunes Music folder on her account into the Shared folder. There are a couple of tricks related to this, so post back IF that's what you want to do.

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