US 7,577,742 B1
Account creation method and apparatus
Thomas Roy Prohofsky, Edina, Minn. (US)
Assigned to Adaptec, Inc., Milpitas, Calif. (US)
Filed on Feb. 11, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/777,354.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 709—226  [709/220; 709/229; 726/16; 726/27] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
initializing a program on a file server through administrator action to activate the program, the program being configured to create an account without further administrator action;
requesting the account from a requester on a client, the requester being activated through administrator action and configured to bypass communication to an administrator; and
processing a request for the account wherein the program is configured to process the request and bypass an intervening administrator action;
wherein processing the request further includes,
checking for mode enablement to determine if the requester has permission to request the account, and
checking for an account limitation to determine if a maximum number of accounts created has been reached.