Patent ID: 8370910

Claim:
A file server comprising: a first interface coupled to a client computer which manages a client side user identifier which is used by the client computer to identify a user of the client computer; a second interface coupled to a first storage storing data of a first file system in which a first file system side user identifier is used by the first file system to identify the user of the client computer, and coupled to a second storage storing data of a second file system in which a second file system side user identifier is used by the second file system to identify the user of the client computer; a storage medium storing: a file system identifier retrieving table for managing a first file system identifier which identifies the first file system and a second file system identifier which identifies the second file system; and user identifier mapping table for managing first correspondence between the client side user identifier, the first file system identifier, and the first file system side user identifier, and second correspondence between the client side user identifier, the second file system identifier, and the second file system side user identifier; a processor; wherein when the processor receives a first access request with the client side user identifier to the first file system by the client computer, the processor obtains the first file system identifier from the file system identifier retrieving table, and obtains the first file system side user identifier by using both the client side user identifier and the first file system identifier from the user identifier mapping table.