Method binding network administrators as the root user on linux
OwnerScott Isaacsoninventor
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Abstract
Users provide their standard username and password and are authenticated to the system. The system then determines from a container hierarchy whether the user is an administrator of the machine to which they are logging in. If the user is an administrator, then the system sets the UID number for that user to the UID number for administrator users (typically, zero). Otherwise, the system sets the UID number for that user to the user's standard UID number.
Claims36
An apparatus, comprising:
- a machine;
- an authenticator to authenticate a username and password for a user of the machine;
- a container hierarchy including at least one container and at least one object in said container, said object including a UID number for said user on the machine;
- and
- a UID determiner operative to determine a UID number associated with said user from said object;
- and
- a UID setter operative to set a UID number on the machine to said UID number associated with said user.
A method for a user to log in to a machine, comprising:
- receiving from the user a username and a password;
- accessing an object in a container hierarchy associated with the username;
- determining a UID number associated with the object;
- setting a UID number on the machine for the user to the UID number associated with the object;
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- authenticating the password for the username on the machine using the UID number.
An article comprising a machine-accessible medium having associated data, wherein the data, when accessed, results in a machine performing:
- receiving from a user a username and a password;
- accessing an object in a container hierarchy associated with the username;
- determining a UID number associated with the object;
- setting a UID number on the machine for the user to the UID number associated with the object;
- and
- authenticating the password for the username on the machine using the UID number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.