Method of administering user access to application programs on a computer system
First Claim
1. A method of administering user access to application programs on a computer system, comprising providing a user database, a database of tasks and a user-specific list of allowed tasks, comprising allowed application programs, configuring the list of allowed tasks on the basis of the user database and the database of tasks, detecting a command to execute a task, and preventing execution of tasks that are not on the list of allowed tasks.
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Abstract
A method of administering user access to application programs on a computer system comprises providing a user database, a database of tasks and a user-specific list of allowed tasks, comprising allowed application programs, configuring the list of allowed tasks on the basis of the user database and the database of tasks, detecting a command to execute a task, and preventing execution of tasks that are not on the list of allowed tasks.
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- 1. A method of administering user access to application programs on a computer system, comprising providing a user database, a database of tasks and a user-specific list of allowed tasks, comprising allowed application programs, configuring the list of allowed tasks on the basis of the user database and the database of tasks, detecting a command to execute a task, and preventing execution of tasks that are not on the list of allowed tasks.
- 12. A computer system comprising means for generating a user-specific list of allowed tasks, comprising allowed application programs, means for detecting a command to execute a task, means for preventing execution of tasks that are not on the list of allowed tasks, a user database and a database of tasks, and means for configuring the list of allowed tasks on the basis of the user database and the database of tasks.
- 17. A computer program comprising one or more routines for generating a user-specific list of allowed tasks, comprising allowed application programs, one or more routines for reading a user database and a database of tasks, and one or more routines for configuring the list of allowed tasks on the basis of the user database and the database of tasks, one or more routines for detecting a command to execute a task, and one or more routines for preventing execution of tasks that are not on the list of allowed tasks.
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