Lost authorization when switching between users

Hi,
My wife and I have our iPods (a nano and a shuffle) set up on my PowerBook in different user accounts. We also buy songs from the iTunes Store using our separate Apple IDs. Every time one of us logs in, we are told that we have to authorize the computer to play our own purchased songs. Once authorized,
everything is fine until the other one of us logs in and...we have to re-authorize the computer again and so on.
This is a real pain, especially as we do not have a permanent internet connection. Can anyone help?
Thanks very much! Mike
PowerBook G4   Mac OS X (10.3.7)  

Thankyou, VHteacher (see today's posts).
The solution here is ensuring that all users are at Admin level and to authorize both users from each iTunes account. It now works beautifully.
Thanks once again! Mike

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