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If you have one User account an multiple people using it, I would create a disk image in Disk utility, password protect it and use that.
 
The other way would be to make a "generic" user for everybody else and keep yourself as the admin. That way you can specify any or all folders for use by others, including apps, documents, etc.
 
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