Patent ID: 8839375
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a uniform security model to heterogeneous devices in a distributed computing environment, the distributed environment including at least one processor and a distributed operating system that manages the devices, the method comprising: storing information about a plurality of device security models including credentials for accessing one or more devices; storing information about a uniform security model, the uniform security model defining which access rights various principals have to the one or more devices; identifying a principal; and the distributed operating system providing an agent which accesses the one or more devices according to the uniform security model on behalf of the identified principal by using one or more stored credentials from the device security models, wherein the distributed operating system prevents the principals from directly accessing the one or more devices such that commands entered by the identified principal are provided as commands to the agent which executes the commands on behalf of the identified principal.