Share libraries among multiple users on the same Macbook.

I want to share the IPhoto library between two users (A and B) of the same New Mac Book (Oct 08') that would be located in the Users/Shared folder.
I tried to follow the steps described in article HT1198 of the Mac Support dated Oct. 8th, 08' (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1198) but it deals only with the issue of sharing a library that is located on an external HD.
I did the following:
1. Logged under A account and moved my empty library to the Users/Shared Folder.
2. Right clicked on above-mentioned library to grant Write & Read privileges to account B
3. Opened IPhoto whilst pressing Opt. and selected above-mentioned library (in Users/Shared folder).
4. Logged out of A and logged in as B.
5. Opened IPhoto whilst pressing Opt. and selected above-mentioned library (in Users/Shared folder).
6. Quickly the following error message showed up (and kept on showing up):
'An error occurred while trying to save you photo library. Some recent changes may be lost...'
All changes made to the library under account B where indeed not saved and did not appear when I accessed IPhoto under my account A.
Please note that when I Chose File > Get info on my external HD and/or Shared folder and/or IPhoto library, I could not find the 'Ownership & Permissions' menu nor the 'Ignore Ownership on this volume'. Only a 'Sharing and Permissions' was available with no other option/detail.
I just switched to Mac last week and I have tried to solve that issue (that seems easy to solve) repeatedly in vain. It is hard to get help in English here in Japan. Any help will be highly appreciated.
Thanks.
Julien

Julien
Sharing the iPhoto Library from the Shared Folder is not supported on 10.5 and involves a trip to the Terminal. *I strongly suggest that if you're not confident in the Terminal that you use some other version of sharing.*
There are two ways to share, depending on what you mean by 'share'.
If you want the other user to be able to see the pics, but not add to, change or alter your library, then enable Sharing in your iPhoto (Preferences -> Sharing), leave iPhoto running and use Fast User Switching to open the other account. In that account, enable 'Look For Shared Libraries'. Your Library will appear in the other source pane.
Remember iPhoto must be running in both accounts for this to work.
If you want the other user to have the same access to the library as you: to be able to add, edit, organise, keyword etc. then:
Quit iPhoto in both accounts
Move the iPhoto Library Folder to an external HD set to ignore permissions. You could also use a Disk Image or even partition your Hard Disk.
In each account in turn: Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting dialogue, select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new library location. From that point on, this will be the default library location. Both accounts will have full access to the library, in fact, both accounts will 'own' it.
However, there is a catch with this system and it is a significant one. iPhoto is not a multi-user app., it does not have the code to negotiate two users simultaneously writing to the database, and trying will cause db corruption. So only one user at a time, and back up, back up back up.
Finally: If you’re comfortable in the Terminal, and understand File Permissions, ACL’s etc., some folks have reported success using the process outlined here . (Note this page refers to 10.4, but it should also work on 10.5). If you’re not comfortable with the terminal, and don’t know an ACL from the ACLU, then you’re best doing something else... Oh, and the warning about simultaneous users still applies.
Regards
TD

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