Shared iTunes library, working fine in one account, not in other

This problem is on our Intel 2.4 iMac running 10.5.1, iTunes 7.6. iTunes music folder is in Users-Shared folder. Two user accounts. Both accounts have iTunes pointed to the Users-Shared folder. First account works great, second account looks like it should be fine when you first open iTunes (all playlists, songs, purchases, etc listed) however when you try to play a song all songs get the exclamation mark in front of them and you get the pop up windows to ask to locate the file.
Checked Prefs-Advanced and iTunes is pointed to the same folder as the other account. Checked permissions for that folder, verified/repaired permissions in disk utility. Deleted the .plist in the troubled users Library. Nothing I know how to do has worked.
This problem was present before 7.6, just have not be available to look at it for my mom until now.
Thank you for any help.

I tried to get this working also, and couldnt, Im a new mac user but following advice and web searching still couldnt get it to work.
I could see the library but all the files were read only, I couldnt edit them in one account, also if I added a song in one user library it didnt auto show up in the other
Let me know if you do please!

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