Patent ID: 8391495

Claim:
A computer implemented method for associating a private part of a keystore of a user with a user login process in an encrypting file system and wherein a group access key is used to access files within the encrypting file system, the method comprising: establishing a user authentication process with a secure shell client, wherein the user authentication process is associated with the user and the user is authenticated; obtaining an acknowledgment from the secure shell client; responsive to receiving the acknowledgment, accessing a user public key of the user from the keystore of the user; a secure shell daemon server obtaining a public secure shell cookie associated with the user from the keystore of the user, wherein the public secure shell cookie encrypts an access key of the user, whereby the secure shell daemon server sends the public secure shell cookie to the secure shell client; and the secure shell daemon server receives the access key from the secure shell client in response to sending the public secure shell cookie; the secure shell daemon server obtaining the access key from the secure shell client; and associating the private part of the keystore with the user authentication process, wherein the private part is accessed based on the access key.