Method and system for enabling remote access to a computer system

A computer system, comprising:

• at least one data processing device;
• instructions processable by said at least one data processing device;
• and
• an apparatus from which said instructions are accessible by said at least one data processing device;
• wherein said instructions are configured for enabling said at least one data processing device to facilitate:
• facilitating authentication of a user of a computer system using information derived from a shared directory account;
• determining that the user does not have a local account on the computer system in response to successfully authenticating the user thereby recognizing that the user is a non-local user with respect to the computer system;
• and
• associating the user with a universal local user account of the computer system in response to successfully identifying a recognized group membership affiliation for the user that corresponds to said shared directory account.

An apparatus, comprising:

• an instruction storage device configured for being coupled to and accesses by a storage device accessing unit of a computer system, wherein the instruction storage device includes memory space configured for having instructions stored therein;
• and
• instructions processable by at least one data processing device, wherein said instructions are stored in said memory space of the instruction storage device;
• wherein said instructions are configured for causing at least one data processing device of the computer system to:
• authenticate a user of a computer system using information derived from a shared directory account, wherein the computer system accesses the shared directory account on a different computer system;
• determine that the user does not have a local account on the computer system in response to the computer system successfully authenticating the user thereby recognizing that the user is a non-local user with respect to the computer system;
• and
• associate the user with a universal local user account of the computer system in response to the computer system successfully identifying a recognized group membership affiliation for the user that corresponds to said shared directory account.