Patent ID: 9372982
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A system for using a multi-user operating system, the system including: a memory storage device; a processor coupled to the memory storage device, wherein the processor is configured to run an multi-user operating system, said processor configured to perform steps of: creating a control file structure for storage in said memory storage device; prompting, via an interface at a user device, a user to enter a shared credential associated with the multi-user operating system and an individual credential of the user when the user is accessing the multi-user operating system; configuring said control file structure to map the user entered shared credential to individual credentials of users who can use the shared credential; reading the stored control file structure to determine by the multi-user operating system whether the entered shared credential is listed in the provided control file, and if listed, verifying the entered individual credential is mapped to the entered shared credential; granting, by the multi-user operating system, the access to the user if both the entered shared credential and the entered individual credential are mapped; repeating, by the multi-user operating system, said prompting, said verifying and said access granting for other users of the multi-user operating system; and tracking, by the multi-user operating system, commands entered by the user and other users granted the access to the multi-user operating system via the same shared credential, the user and other users using the same shared credential at the same time, the tracked commands being stored in a file in said memory storage device and accessible by said multi-user operating system, said commands relating to files and application in the multi-user operating system accessible after a user logs in to said system, and said tracked commands indicating each individual credential of the user and other users who entered a command.