Secure Automatically Configuring, Self-Authenticating Administrative User Without A Password
AssigneeAspect Software, Inc.
InventorsJames Miller, Senthilvel Saravanan
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for accessing a server of a computer system. The method includes the steps of providing a startup CONFIG file or database table for use during initialization of the server and a predetermined user identifier within the startup CONFIG file or database table. The method further includes the steps of a user requesting access to the server, the user providing the predetermined user identifier and the server logging the user into the server under the predetermined user identifier without requiring a password.
Claims32
A method of accessing a server within a computer system comprising:
- providing a startup CONFIG file or database table for use during initialization of the server;
- providing a predetermined user identifier within the startup CONFIG file or database table;
- a user requesting access to the server;
- the user providing the predetermined user identifier;
- and
- the server logging the user into the server under the predetermined user identifier without a password.
An apparatus for accessing a server within a computer system comprising:
- a startup CONFIG file or database table for use during initialization of the server;
- a predetermined user identifier within the startup CONFIG file or database table;
- means for requesting access to the server by a user;
- mean for use by the user for entering the predetermined user identifier;
- and
- means within the server for logging the user into the server under the predetermined user identifier without a password.
An apparatus for accessing a server within a computer system comprising:
- a startup CONFIG file or database table;
- a predetermined user identifier within the startup CONFIG file or database table;
- a user desktop that requests access to the server;
- a server client on the user desktop receiving the predetermined user identifier from the user;
- and
- a preexisting authentication device within the server that logs the user into the server under the predetermined user identifier without a password.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.