Library Shared Between Two Users- Problems with Artwork

My iTunes library is located in the Shared folder so that I can reach it from two different log-ins, and both have (or should have) the same access privileges, but for some reason I can only change the artwork when I'm logged into one of the accounts. When I log into the other account, the artwork options are grayed out. Any advice on how to fix this problem?

The problem with that method is you are sharing the same set of media files, but you each have your own iTunes databases, so you get that issue where songs added in one account do not show up automatically in the other. Likewise, one account can delete stuff and the other account won't know.
If you don't have a need to have both accounts accessing the iTunes library at the same time (meaning if you use fast switching, then each user would have to remember to close iTunes first), you can relocated the ENTIRE iTunes folder to the shared folder (not just the iTunes Music folder). Then use these instructions to open the library from that location...
How to open an alternate iTunes Library file or create a new one
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304447
If both accounts use the above to point to the same library, you will both be using the exact same database files so what is done in one account is automatically there for the other account to see. However the downside is since both account use the same database files, you can not have both accounts running iTunes at the same time since both will be trying to access and write to the same file at the same time (bad thing). In addition, this also doesn't allow you to have different sets of playlists, playcounts, ratings, etc. Same database, so you would both have to see the same set of info including those.
If you rather stick to the old method of the same media files but separate database files, then you will have to continue to manually add stuff to the other account after importing from the first account to the media folder.
Patrick

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The Apple Support Communities are an international user to user technical support forum. As a man from Mexico, Spanish is my native tongue. I do not speak English very well, however, I do write in English with the aid of the Mac OS X spelling and grammar checks. I also live in a culture perhaps very very different from your own. When offering advice in the ASC, my comments are not meant to be anything more than helpful and certainly not to be taken as insults.
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