Sharing ripped tunes

I have a large library of MP3s, all ripped from CDs I own. I have a shared family computer (a MacMini), and my itunes library is set up and seems peachy keen for personal use.
But I want to be able to share the files I have with other members of my family, so they can sync their ipods to use these songs if they want to. I know that normal sharing doesn't allow this, and that new "home sharing" feature only pertains to files purchased thru the itunes store (I have no such files).
So I thought, hey, I'll create a new user account on the home computer called "tunes", and create a new itunes library by doing a mass import of my personal music folder, and bob's your uncle. Then everyone can just log in as that user and sync their ipods using their preferred playlist.
So I diddled the permissions on the appropriate files and directories (I'm a Unix guy), and did the import. The files showed up in itunes, but almost all of the meta-data was lost. So is it being stored in some external file on my home dir? Is there any way of telling itunes, "hey, push the meta-data into the actual song files"? Is there a better way to achieve this kind of within-the-family sharing?
Thanks for any help.
-- MWG

migod wrote:
that new "home sharing" feature only pertains to files purchased thru the itunes store
no it doesn't. you can share any media files using home sharing.
So I thought, hey, I'll create a new user account on the home computer called "tunes", and create a new itunes library by doing a mass import of my personal music folder, and bob's your uncle. Then everyone can just log in as that user and sync their ipods using their preferred playlist.
see this for a possible setup.
JGG

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