Patent ID: 8595272
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A file server system comprising: a plurality of client terminals; and a file server shared by said plurality of client terminals, wherein said file server comprises: a file system provided with a plurality of directories respectively corresponding to a plurality of storage areas; and a managing section configured to generate a setting file, a setting change response file, and a setting change request file, in a directory of said plurality of directories which corresponds to a predetermined storage area of said plurality of storage areas, wherein said setting file, setting change response file, and setting change request file are accessible by only an administrator or a predetermined end user of end users as users of said plurality of client terminals, by setting a management policy as an access right to said file system, when said management policy is given to indicate that said administrator or said predetermined end user has a management competence of said predetermined storage area, wherein said setting change response file represents whether or not an addition process has been normally executed so that said setting file has been normally updated, wherein said setting change request file is changed by said administrator or said predetermined end user, and notifies change data to a file system extension section to indicate a content of a change in said setting change request file, wherein said managing section monitors access to said setting file, and notifies said change data indicative of said content of said change of said setting file to said file system extension section when said setting file is updated.