ITunes for two users on one Mac. Will iTunes 7 compute?

iTunes experts!
I am at it again with iTunes on the same topic I had back in June of 2006 (see thread link below). It would appear that upgrading to iTunes 7 snuffed my neat little set up, though everything still works with iPhoto.
I've had iTunes 7 for a while now, but am just now trying to get the problem fixed. I reset the permissions to my iTunes library which I have in a shared folder (harddisk/users/shared/iTunes/iTunes Library). I toggled back and forth on my two accounts (mine and my girlfriends) to see that it was working again and it was! ... for about a minute, then it cut and read me the same message on her log on:
"The iTunes library file is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have write permission for this file."
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=2538271#2538271
Isn't there a way that two users on a Mac can have access to the same iTunes library on iTunes 7. Please help!
Gryphen

... okay, this was weird, but I half figured it out, and it half corrected itself... I think.
I went back into the second user account and accessed the iTunes library alias I had put in the account (linked to the main library in the shared folder). It came up just fine. ... now everthing works fine.
Before, I was just openning iTunes from the dock icon.
I don't know if my verbage helped anyone understand anything, but hey, I have the same music, shopping cart, and playlists on both user accounts accessible without a need for syncing. I am happy.
Adios!

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