Network sharing of all files

Looking for the easiest way to set ALL files for sharing. I only have 2 macs on my network, my macBook and my wife's iMac, both running 10.6. I am tired of being on one machine and not being able to get to the shared files on the other. No security problem here as it is just me and my wife. She doesn't ever want my files but when I am on her iMac I want access to ALL of my files on my MacBook. Is there an easy way to set permissions for ALL files as available on my MacBook? The key word here is EASY

don't change any permissions on anything. instead, when you are connecting from your wife's mac to yours, connect as you, not as guest. click on your mac in the sidebar and select 'connect as". in the popup enter your username and passowrd on your macbook and check the box to save the password in the keychain. that's it. from now on you'll automatically connect as you any time you click on the macbook in the sidebar. and since you'll connect as you you'll automatically have access to everything your user on the macbook has access to.

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