Patent ID: 8291096

Claim:
A client-server data processing system for providing one or more administrators access to at least one resource, the data processing system comprising: a first security manager having a first set of administrative user identifiers associated with an administrator and a first set of corresponding passwords, the first security manager managing access of the administrator to a first resource via use of the first set of administrative user identifiers and the first set of corresponding passwords; a second security manager having a second set of administrative user identifiers associated with the administrator and a second set of corresponding passwords, the second security manager managing access of the administrator to a second resource via use of the second set of administrative user identifiers and the second set of corresponding passwords; a security controller for interfacing with the first security manager and the second security manager to provide an administrative global user identifier associated with the administrator, wherein the administrative global user identifier is representative of both the first set of administrative user identifiers and the second set of administrative user identifiers; a global password and the global user identifier triggering the execution of a script, transparent to the administrator, that logs the administrator into the first security manager and the second security manager, wherein the global user identifier is transparent to the administrator; a directory services system; and a central authentication module associated with the directory services system, the central authentication module having a third set of user identifiers associated with the administrator and corresponding passwords, the global password and the administrative global user identifier arranged to log the administrator into the directory services system associated with the central authentication module.