[DM-MUG] Sharing an iPhoto library between users of the same Mac

[dmmug@dmmug.org]

Using the latest and greatest Jaguar...
I've placed my iPhoto library in /Users/Shared/ so that my wife and I can both 
use it ( We both have admin accounts). This works if one of us does all 
importing and editing while the other only views photos, but we don't use it 
that way. When importing, iPhoto grants ownership to any dir it creates to the 
current user. This prevents the next user from importing if one of the dirs 
from the previous import needs to be touched. It also prevents the non-
importing user from editing photos.

I'm sure there's a way around this via some of the more exotic tools and utils, 
but I don't know enough Unix to get there. Instead, I manually change 
permissions on the affected folders and go about my work.

I've gotten to like X in the years since it was introduced, but it's really 
humbling to go from the "know-it-all" skill level to the middle of the pack 
simply because I don't know Unix.

Anyhow, if somebody can explain the solution to me, I, and perhaps others on 
the list, would appreciate it.


Thanks,
Chris