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Dear All,
I recently created a disk image as per the following article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1198?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US, section
Alternatively, move the iPhoto library to a disk image
Subsequently I copied the iphoto library to this disk.
Now when I connect with one user, I see all the pictures OK, no problem. I log out (or even restart the computer) and connect with a different user (yes, I made sure the permissions are set read/write for these two users). With this new user, every time I open the library from that shared drive I get an error (something about the library is locked asking me to restart the computer); when I do I get the same. Then I open iPhoto with "option"+"command" and choose rebuild database (after tryiong repair unsusccessfully). The stupid thing keeps munching and munching for hours at in (library has 80 GB) and in the end it screws up all my events and put pictures (not sure they are ALL there) in a stupid event called "recovered photos".
I have tried everything I could, I don't know what to do anymore. Please help (yes, I ran disk utility verify disk and verify permissions, all seems to be just fine).
THANKS!

The message that I get when trying to open the library from the other user account is:
Your photo library is either in use by another application or has become unreadable
Shut down and restart your computer, and then open iPhoto again. If the problem persists, try rebuilding your photo library. To do this, quit iPhoto, and then reopen it while keeping the Option and Command keys pressed. You can also try restoring your photo library from a backup.

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