Method for opening a session of a machine belonging to a machine set

A management machine of a set of machines configured to carry out a session opening on a first machine by session checking means for the set of machines, comprising at least the first machine and a second machine, the second machine including security means implemented in the second machine, the management machine including the session checking means in which the session checking means is configured to:

• receive a request to open a session of the first machine, the request including at least one item of identification information of a user;
• verify whether the at least one item of identification information of the user is associated with an identification data item of the second machine in a repository;
• check whether the user has the right to open the session on the first machine, wherein,
• in response to the verification and check results being positive, transmit to the security means of the second machine, a session status modification request for locking an existing session on the second machine that was previously opened by the user,
• in response to the session status of the second machine being modified, send a request to the first machine to authorize session opening on the first machine;
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• store in the repository the at least one item of identification information of the user that is associated with an item of identification data of the first machine,
• receive, from the first machine, a configuration request that includes a type of the session status modification request, the type of the session status modification request corresponding to the locking or closing of the existing session.

A computer system that is configured to carry out a session opening of a first machine via session checking means for a set of machines that includes at least the first machine and a second machine, the session checking means implemented on a third machine or in the second machine, the second machine comprising security means, the system comprising:

• the session checking means configured to cooperate with the first machine and the second machine, the session checking means being configured to:
• receive a request to open a session on the first machine, the request comprising at least one item of identification information of a user;
• verify that the at least one item of identification information of the user is associated with an item of identification data of the second machine in a repository;
• check that the user has the right to open the session on the first machine, wherein,
• in response to the verification and check results being positive, transmit to the security means of the second machine, a session status modification request for locking an existing session on the second machine that was previously opened by the user;
• in response to the session status of the second machine being modified, send a request to the first machine for authorization to open the session on the first machine;
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• store in the repository the at least one item of identification information of the user that is associated with an item of identification data of said first machine;
• the second machine being configured to receive a session status modification request from the session checking means via said security means;
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• the first machine being configured to:
• transmit a request to open the session to the session checking means;
• in response to the session status of the second machine being modified, to receive a request for authorization to open the session from the session checking means, and
• transmit, to the session checking means, a configuration request that includes a type of the session status modification request, the type of the session status modification request corresponding to the locking of the existing session.

A method for opening a session of a first machine using a session checking service for a set of machines comprising the first machine and a second machine, the second machine comprising a security service, the method comprising:

• receiving, by the session checking service, a request to open the session on the first machine, the request comprising an item of identification information of a user;
• verifying, by the session checking service, that the item of identification information of the user is associated with an item of identification data of the second machine in a repository;
• checking by the session checking service that the user has the right to open the session on the first machine, wherein,
• in response to the verification and check results being positive, sending, by the session checking means, a session status modification request, to the security service of the second machine for locking an existing session on the second machine that was previously opened by the user,
• in response to the session status of the second machine being modified, sending, by the session checking means, to the first machine a request to authorize opening of the session on the first machine,
• storing the identification information item for the user that is associated with an item of identifying data of the first machine in the repository by the session checking service, and
• sending, by the first machine to the session checking service, a configuration request that includes a type of the session status modification request, the type of the session status modification request corresponding to the locking of the existing session.