Time based file access
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsShiv S Kumar, Anurag Sushil Chandra
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Abstract
Time based file access credentials are disclosed herein. For instance authentication data representing a user identifier and a user password associated with the user identifier is received from user input associated with a user identity. In response to determining that the user identifier and the user password are valid and are associated with the user identity and based on first metadata associated the user identity, it is determined that the user identity is authorized to access storage server equipment associated with the authentication server. Furthermore, based on second metadata associated with data resources stored on the storage server equipment, it is determined that the user identity is permitted access to at least one data resource of the data resources.
Claims20
Authentication equipment, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- obtaining, from user input associated with a user identity, authentication data representing a username and password combination;
- in response to determining that the username and password combination is valid and is associated with the user identity, determining, based on first metadata associated the user identity, that the user identity is authorized to access storage server equipment associated with the authentication equipment;
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- determining, based on second metadata associated with data resources stored on the storage server equipment, that the user identity is permitted access to at least one of the data resources.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by an authentication server comprising at least one processor from user input associated with a user identity, authentication data representing at least one user access credential;
- in response to determining that the at least one user access credential is valid and is associated with the user identity, determining, based on first metadata associated the user identity, that the user identity is authorized to access storage equipment associated with the authentication server;
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- determining, based on second metadata associated with data resources stored on the storage equipment, that the user identity is permitted access to at least one data resource of the data resources.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- receiving, from user input associated with a user identity, authentication data representing a user identifier and a user password associated with the user identifier;
- in response to determining that the user identifier and the user password are valid and are associated with the user identity, determining, based on first metadata associated the user identity, that the user identity is authorized to access a storage device associated with the authentication server;
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- determining, based on second metadata associated with at least one file or at least one directory stored on the storage device, that the user identity is permitted access to the at least one file or the at least one directory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.