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Storage array password management

  • US 9,516,016 B2
  • Filed: 11/11/2013
  • Issued: 12/06/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a second computing device connected remotely to a first computing device;

    wherein the second computing device includes a computer processor and a computer readable storage medium, the computer readable storage medium includes computer program instructions that when executed by the computer processor cause the second computing device to carry out the steps of;

    requesting access to the first computing device, wherein the first computing device is accessed using a root password generated by applying a transformation to a combination of a root secret and a value specific to the first computing device;

    in response to requesting access to the first computing device, receiving an encrypted root secret from the first computing device, wherein the encrypted root secret is encrypted by the first computing device based on a public key of a public-private key pair;

    decrypting the encrypted root secret using a private key of the public-private key pair to generate the root secret;

    rebuilding the root password based on the combination of the root secret and the value specific to the first computing device, wherein rebuilding the root password comprises reversing the previous transformation performed on the combination of the root secret and the value specific to the first computing device; and

    providing to the first computing device, the root password for root access to the first computing device.

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