Patent ID: 7272722

Claim:
A method for changing the passwords in a computer system including a plurality of stations, each station having at least one user, said system being managed by a system administrator located at one of said stations and being able to change the passwords of at least a set of users amongst said users, said method comprising the steps of: building an initial program including a new, common password selected by said system administrator for replacing a plurality of current passwords of a plurality of users in said set of users; compiling said initial program in order to obtain an executable program including said new, common password; transmitting said executable program to said plurality of stations; and executing said executable program in each of said plurality of stations to obtain a plurality of encrypted strings from said new, common password, including the step of each of said plurality of stations encrypting the new, common password to obtain from the new password a unique, respective one of said plurality of encrypted strings to replace the current password of the at least one user of said each of said plurality of stations.