Patent ID: 7865600

Claim:
A system for managing resources through a read-only domain controller comprising: a read-only domain controller coupled to a client computer that includes a processor and memory containing computer executable instructions that when executed by the processor operate to: receive a request from the client computer to change a resource; determine whether the read-only domain controller is able to perform the requested change to the resource; in response to determining that the read-only domain controller is not able to perform the requested change, forward the request to change the resource to a writable hub domain controller; receive a reply from the writable hub domain controller that the resource has been changed; and send a reply to the client computer indicating that the resource has been changed without indicating that the resource was changed by the writable domain hub controller; and the writable hub domain controller coupled to the read-only domain controller, wherein the writable hub domain controller includes a processor and memory containing computer executable instructions that when executed by the processor operates to: receive the request to change the resource from the read-only domain controller; change the resource to form a changed resource; and send the changed resource to the read-only domain controller.