Information processing apparatus making access to storage on network and information processing system

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• a communication device that performs data communication with an external device, via a network;
• an access-right information storage device containing access-right information with respect to a storage on the network, in association with user identification information for identifying a user;
• and
• a control device including a processor, and configured to act, when the processor executes a control program, as a controller that makes access to the storage according to a processing request from the user, in a case where the access-right information, associated with the user identification information of the user requesting the processing, is stored in the access-right information storage device, when the communication device receives, from an external image processing apparatus, the processing request to the storage from the user,
• wherein the controller causes the storage and the image processing apparatus to upload and download data between each other, via the communication device,
• wherein the controller is configured to:
• transmit, when the communication device receives authentication information of the user, required for logging in to the storage, from an external terminal device, the authentication information of the user, to a managing device managing the storage via the communication device, when logging in to the storage;
• and
• store, upon receipt, via the communication device, of the access-right information transmitted from the managing device in response to the transmission of the authentication information of the user, the received access-right information in the access-right information storage device, in association with the user identification information.