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Controlling access to objects on multiple operating systems

  • US 5,675,782 A
  • Filed: 06/06/1995
  • Issued: 10/07/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for controlling access to an entity on a network, the entity comprising one of a plurality of different types of entities that are controlled by a plurality of different operating systems, comprising the steps of:

  • (a) identifying each trustee that can have access permissions to the entity, by querying a network operating system that controls access to the entity;

    (b) selecting a generic request to control access to the entity from a set of predefined generic requests;

    (c) translating the generic request for access control to the entity into a format usable by the network operating system that controls access to the entity; and

    (d) causing the network operating system that controls access to the entity to implement the generic request in said format.

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