Unable to share files between two macs

I'm trying to setup my iMac and my wife's iMac to share files through an Airport Extreme base station. I turned file sharing on on both computers and I can now see my wife's computer in the sidebar of the finder window. It says "Not connected' in the top part of the window. When I click on the "Connect As.." button, I'm asked for a username and password. I tried my own username and password, I tried my wife's username and password but nothing works. Everywhere I look for instructions, there is no mention of passwords, even in Apple's own "Mac 101: File Sharing" (#HT1549).
Any help would be appreciated!

I think I figured out the solution. I created a sharing account on my computer and added this account to the "Users" list in the Sharing Preferences pane. Now my wife can have access to my computer by entering the username and password for this new account. I don't know if this the right way to do it, but it works.

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