Share Palm data between 2 users?

Is it possible for 2 users on the same Mac to share a single Palm desktop data file? I'm able to synch fine for the main account, but when I tried to set up the second account, the Palm desktop software couldn't find the destop data file. I tried both setting the file protections for full access, and also moving the file from my Documents folder to a shared folder. In both cases, when I manually tried to point the Palm software to the data file, I was able to navigate to it, but it was greyed out so I couldn't select it. Also having it search for existing users didn't work either.
I have just the one Palm device (model Vx), but my wife and I both need to access the address book, calendar, etc. from our separate acconts, and make updates. Thanks for any advice anyone may have.

Welcome to Apple Discussions.
This is not possible to do as you envision the process, as you are attempting to cross the barrier which separates users in a multi-user environment while simultaneously trying to share a set of single user applications and data files.
Instead, consider assigning the responsibility to create the basic contact records you wish to 'share' to one user, and have that user send a copy of the file to the other user via electronic mail. Beyond that point you can either make no changes, make changes individually but not provide these changes to the other user, of have either user who makes a change send a copy of the changed card or cards alone to the other user.
If you want to 'share' calendaring records, consider creating and publishing individual calendar files which will be read-only to the subscribing user.
If you had separate Macintosh computers, you could use MySync or .Mac Sync to synchronize the user files on one computer with the other, maintaining identical copies of your contact and calendaring data on each. To do that, however, you need to have two separate Macintosh computers.

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