Patent ID: 9275217
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for using a multi-user operating system, the method including: prompting a user to enter a shared credential and an individual credential when the user is attempting to access the multi-user operating system, wherein the shared credential is associated with the multi-operating system; reading, by the multi-user operating system, in response to the user attempting to access the multi-user operating system, a control file, the control file created to include a mapping of at least one shared credential to individual credentials of users who can use the at least one shared credential; determining whether the entered shared credential is listed in the control file; and in response to determining that the entered shared credential is listed in the control file, further determining whether the entered individual credential is mapped to the entered shared credential, and granting access to the user in response to the entered individual credential being mapped to the entered shared credential; repeating said prompting, said reading, said determining and said granting access for other users of the multi-user operating system; and automatically tracking commands entered by the user and the other users granted access to the multi-user operating system via same shared credential, the user and the other users using the same shared credential at the same time, the tracked commands relating to files and application in the multi-user operating system accessible after the user logs in to said multi-operating system, and said tracked commands indicating each individual credential of the user and the other users for each command entered, wherein a processor coupled to a memory device performs steps of: the prompting, the reading, the determining, the granting, the repeating and the automatic tracking.