OS10.6x - Connect to Server as 2 or more users at same time

Our office uses a mac-mini as a server running Mac OS10.6.x Server to support 10-15 users (all OS10.6.x).
Most of the staff only need to connect to our main shared volume / file store (shared point) using a standard login name + pass
(eg all staff login as <general_user>)
We also have another file store on the same shared volume for more restricted files which can be accessed by a restricted login name (eg managers can login as <restricted_user>)
Sometimes I need to access those restricted files from from a computer already connected as <general_user> so it would be useful to have 2 different connections (with different user names) to the server/ shared volume at once.
ie. connect to the server as <general_user> and <restricted_user> at the same time from single computer
eg.
A Staff_Member has general access to the server (or shared volume).
They are working on a report which they have asked me to review - we do this together on their machine (which is currently connected as <general_user>)
While reviewing the report, I need to access other information which is of a restricted nature - say select figures from an account etc - that I want to copy and past into the document.
I want to be able to connect to the server as <restricted_user> temporarily, open the report and then copy and past info into the current document.
Is this possible.
It seams that you need to disconnect user one before connecting as another user, however this is not always possible to eject a volume as a task may not allow this (where it is utilised by a application task?).
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks
Pete

The start transaction model didn't Fit well with all the process we are doing, but the idea of locking or holding the other users seems to work pretty fine, we are now using a flag to determine if someone is doing the process and put in hold the new ones.

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