Processing apparatus, method for controlling processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

A processing apparatus that performs predetermined processing, the processing apparatus comprising:

• a memory storing a program;
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• a processor that executes the program stored in the memory to act as units, the units comprising:
• (a) an authentication unit configured to authenticate, in response to a request for performing the predetermined processing, a requestor that made the request;
• (b) a performing unit configured to perform the predetermined processing upon the authentication performed by the authentication unit succeeding;
• and
• (c) a setting unit configured to display a screen in which both of a first setting and a second setting or only the second setting among the first setting and the second setting can be performed, and to perform the first setting or the second setting in accordance with an instruction by a user on the displayed screen, (i) the first setting being for setting that the authentication unit is to perform authentication on the processing apparatus and (ii) the second setting being for setting that the authentication unit is to perform authentication on an external apparatus of the processing apparatus,
• wherein in a case where the requestor is the processing apparatus, the authentication unit performs the authentication in accordance with the first setting, and
• wherein in a case where the requestor is the external apparatus, the authentication unit performs the authentication in accordance with the second setting.

A method for controlling a processing apparatus that performs predetermined processing, the method comprising:

• a setting step of displaying a screen in which both of a first setting and a second setting or only the second setting among the first setting and the second setting can be performed, and of performing the first setting or the second setting in accordance with an instruction by a user on the displayed screen, (i) the first setting being for setting to perform authentication on a processing apparatus and (ii) the second setting being for setting to perform authentication on an external apparatus of the processing apparatus;
• an authentication step of (a) in a case where a requestor who made the request is the processing apparatus, authenticating the processing apparatus in accordance with the first setting, and (b) in a case where the requestor is the external apparatus, authenticating the processing apparatus in accordance with the second setting;
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• a performing step of performing the predetermined processing upon the authentication of the authentication step succeeding.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that has stored therein a program for causing a computer to function as units of a processing apparatus that performs predetermined processing, the units comprising:

• an authentication unit configured to authenticate, in response to a request for performing the predetermined processing, a requestor that made the request;
• a performing unit configured to perform the predetermined processing upon the authentication performed by the authentication unit succeeding;
• and
• a setting unit configured to display a screen in which both of a first setting and a second setting or only the second setting among the first setting and the second setting can be performed, and to perform the first setting or the second setting in accordance with an instruction by a user on the displayed screen, (i) the first setting being for setting that the authentication unit is to perform authentication on the processing apparatus and (ii) the second setting being for setting that the authentication unit is to perform authentication on an external apparatus of the processing apparatus,
• wherein in a case where the requestor is the processing apparatus, the authentication unit performs the authentication in accordance with the first setting, and
• wherein in a case where the requestor is the external apparatus, the authentication unit performs the authentication in accordance with the second setting.