Login process apparatus, login process method, and program

A login process apparatus comprising a login process section configured to execute a login process on an application program and an application database used by the application program,

• the application database comprising an authority group information database in which authority group information is registered, the authority group information including a combination of utilization authorities in the application program defined as a user ID identifying a user and an authority group indicating a set of specified authorities granted to each user and relating to functions available to the user and resources accessible to the user, a user information database in which user information corresponding to user management information converted into a format available in the application program is registered, the user management information being acquired from an external system connected to the login process server apparatus and holding the user management information, the external system executing user management independent of the server apparatus, a connection and authentication method information database in which a connection method and an authentication method for the external system are defined, and authority conversion information required to map authority-related items of the user management information acquired from the external system to the authority group, the login process device comprising a login screen process section configured to controllably display a login screen on the user terminal, a user information acquisition section configured to acquire the user management information from the external system based on the connection and authentication method information, and a user information conversion process section configured to convert the acquired user management information into the format of the user management information which is available in the application program.