System for configuring and remotely administering a unix computer over a network
First Claim
1. A method for administering a network server over network connections using an interfacing computer, said method comprising the steps of:
- configuring the network server for use over network connections;
configuring software packages on the network server for executing a set of administrative tasks on the network server;
selecting on a first set of graphical user interface forms displayed a preferred administrative task from said set of administrative tasks;
inputting of information, by a user, relevant to said preferred administrative task on a second set of graphical user interface forms at the remote location;
submitting the user input over the network connections to the network server; and
executing the preferred administrative task on the network server using the configured packages and commands native to the network server in a manner specified by the user input.
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Abstract
A forms based browser interface system for configuring and administering a network server from a remote location. Using forms, such as hyper-text markup language forms, the system provides a graphical user interface that allows a novice user, unaware of the platform, architecture or even operating system of the network server, to transact administrative tasks on the network server. An interfacing computer, at which the novice user performs administrative tasks upon the network server, is connected to the network server via network connections. The interfacing computer is equipped with a browser program that can display and interact with the forms created by the network server. The forms allow the user to select among various administrative tasks to be performed on the server. The forms also allow the user to input parameters for administration of the server such as new account names when adding new accounts for the server. Once the form input is submitted over the network connections to the network server, scripts within the server pass this information as parameters to appropriate software that complete the execution of the task and may signal to the user at the interfacing computer, through messages on the forms, success or failure thereof.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for administering a network server over network connections using an interfacing computer, said method comprising the steps of:
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configuring the network server for use over network connections; configuring software packages on the network server for executing a set of administrative tasks on the network server; selecting on a first set of graphical user interface forms displayed a preferred administrative task from said set of administrative tasks; inputting of information, by a user, relevant to said preferred administrative task on a second set of graphical user interface forms at the remote location; submitting the user input over the network connections to the network server; and executing the preferred administrative task on the network server using the configured packages and commands native to the network server in a manner specified by the user input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. In a computer system, an interface system for administering, from a remote location, a network server, said interface system comprising:
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a set of network connections; an interfacing computer at said remote location, said interfacing computer for transacting a plurality of administrative tasks on said network server over said set of network connections, said interfacing computer platform independent of said network server; and a graphical user interface coupled to said interfacing computer that correlates said administrative tasks of the network server to a set of menu items provided on forms displayed by said graphical user interface, wherein user input submitted through said menu items is translated on the network server to complete transactions of said administrative tasks. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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