JP2000222087A - User management interface for computer system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain the unitary management of all users of a computer system who are connected together via a network by displaying a list of computers and users on a screen and registering or deleting the users by means of a pointing device such as a mouse. SOLUTION: A system information management part 102 displays a list 115 of computers and users on a display 101 of a display part 111 on the basis of the computer and user information which are acquired by a storage part 112 from the data 103. An input part 114 judges the operations of a mouse 105 and a keyboard 104 and a computer request part 113 notifies the computer systems 106 to 110 to be managed of each processing on the basis of the information acquired by the part 114. Then the systems 106 to 110 update the user tables 106a to 110a in response to each request.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a user management operation in a computer system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a computer system, it is necessary to register a user ID in order to use the computer system for remote login from another computer. User management such as registration / deletion of a user ID is performed by an administrator of the computer system. Has gone. When performing user management, it is necessary to grasp commands and execution methods for each operation such as registration and deletion.

[0005] Recently, the interface of user management is different for each computer due to the multi-vendor system, so it is necessary to grasp the registration and deletion commands and the execution method for each computer. In addition, in order to grasp the registration status of a user, the user registration status is entered or managed, or the registration status of the user is confirmed using the user management interface of each computer.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In the conventional method,
Since the interface of user management differs for each computer, it is necessary to grasp the user management interface of each of a plurality of computer systems.

[0005] In addition, user management operations are often performed by command input, and require accurate storage of command grammar and the like.
It is complicated because it is easy to cause similar operation repetitions, operation mistakes and input mistakes.

[0006] Further, in integrating and managing a plurality of systems and displaying the same on the same screen, there is a difference in management and display specifications between computers, so that it is possible to determine at a glance which computer a certain user is registered on. Could not perform an integrated management display as can be seen in.

[0007] For this reason, a large amount of work is required to manage the registration status, such as by registering which user is registered on which computer by registering it in a ledger, or by confirming whether the user is registered using the user management interface of each computer. Met.

[0008]

According to the present invention, a system information management unit for managing users of a system is provided in a computer system, a list of computers to be managed and a list of users are displayed on a screen, and user registration and deletion are performed. GUI using a pointing device such as a mouse (Graphica
l The user interface allows the user to interactively input and instruct all users of the computer system connected via the network to be centrally managed.

The display unit displays icons on the screen based on the computer list and the user list acquired by the storage unit. The input unit determines the displayed icon operation, determines which computer the request is for, and issues a user management request to each computer system by the computer request unit, and the computer system receiving the request transmits the user data in its own computer system. Update the user data according to the update procedure.

[0010] Thus, user management can be performed only by mouse operation, and user management can be performed without being aware of differences in user management interfaces for each computer system. In addition, by displaying the user registration status of a plurality of computer systems on one screen, it is possible to know at a glance which computer a certain user is registered with, so that integrated display management can be performed.

[0011] With this, it is possible to easily grasp on which computer the user is registered without performing a troublesome operation such as ledger management, and it is possible to greatly reduce the number of management steps of the user.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1 shows a system configuration of the present invention. The system configuration includes a display 101 and a mouse 105, a user management computer including a system information management unit 102, a keyboard 104, and a user data file 103, and computer systems 106, 107, and 1.
08, 109, and 110.

In the figure, five computers are connected, but the number is arbitrary. A user management operation is performed on the display 101 using the mouse 105 and the keyboard 104. Information on the computer or user to be managed is stored in the data 103 by manual input using the keyboard 104 and the mouse 105 in advance. Similarly, when a computer or user is added, the data 103 is manually stored using the keyboard 104 or the mouse 105.

The system information management 102 is software for realizing the present invention. The storage unit 112 displays the computer list and the user list 115 on the display 101 by the display unit 111 based on the computer list and the user list acquired from the data 103. Then, the input unit 114 determines the operation of the mouse 105 and the keyboard 104, and the input unit 11
4 based on the information acquired by each of the computer systems 106 to 106 managed by the computer request unit 113.
110 is notified of the processing. Upon receiving the notification, the computer systems 106 to 110 perform the user table 10 according to the request.
6a to 110a are updated.

FIGS. 2 to 4 show the display on the display 101, and "computer", "user", "group", "section", and "section" are display areas meaning them.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a user management screen. The user uses the arrow 209 with the mouse 105 to select an icon on the screen and perform an operation. The icons displayed on the computer list 203 are computers 106 to 110, respectively.
Corresponding to When an arbitrary computer is selected from the computer list 203 (hereinafter referred to as a computer 205), a user is selected from the user list 204 (hereinafter referred to as a user 207), and when the registration 201 is selected, a computer corresponding to the computer 205 is selected. (Hereinafter, referred to as a computer 107).

Upon receiving the request, the computer 107 updates the user table 107a and registers the user 2 according to the user registration procedure of the computer. Similarly, when the computer 205 and the user 207 are selected and the deletion 202 is selected, the computer 107 is requested to delete the user 2. Computer 107 that received the request
Updates the user table 107a and deletes the user 2 according to the user deletion procedure of the own computer.

When a plurality of computers are selected from the computer list 203 (hereinafter referred to as a computer 205 and a computer 206), a plurality of users are selected from a user list (hereinafter referred to as a user 207 and a user 208), and the registration 201 is selected. The registration process of the user 2 and the user 4 is performed on the computer 107 corresponding to the computer 205, and the computer 10 corresponding to the computer 206 is registered.
8 and the users 2 and 20 corresponding to the user 207
The registration processing of the user 4 corresponding to 8 is performed. When deletion 202 is selected in the selection state, the deletion processing of the users 2 and 4 is performed on the computers 107 and 109.

When a user is selected from the user list 204 (hereinafter, referred to as users 207 and 208) and an icon is moved to a computer (hereinafter, referred to as a computer 205) by drag and drop, the user 207 is transferred to the computer 107 corresponding to the computer 205. A request for registration of the user 2 corresponding to the user 208 and the user 4 corresponding to the user 208 is made.

A plurality of computers (hereinafter, computer 205 and computer 2) are listed in computer list 203.
06), a plurality of users are selected in the user list 204 (hereinafter, referred to as users 207 and 208), and the icon is moved to the computer list area 203 by drag and drop.
107 and computer 20 corresponding to 05
A request for registration of user 2 corresponding to user 207 and user 4 corresponding to user 208 is made to each of computers 109 corresponding to 6.

FIG. 3 shows an example in which a computer list and a user list are displayed for each group. Display 10
1 are hierarchically displayed in the computer list area 303 based on the computer group defined in advance and in the user list area 304 based on the user group. When a group is selected from the computer list area 303 (hereinafter, referred to as a group 305), a computer belonging to group 2 is searched from the data 103,
The same processing as when the computer C and the computer D, that is, the computers 306 and 307 are selected is performed.

When a group is selected in the user list 304 (hereinafter referred to as a group 308), the user belonging to the section 1 corresponding to the group 308 is stored in the data 10
3 and user 1 and user 2, that is, user 30
The same processing as that performed when 9, 310 is selected is performed. Therefore, groups 301 and 308 are selected and registered 301
Is selected, user 1 and user 2 are registered in computer C, and then user 1 and user 2 are registered in computer D.

FIG. 4 shows an example in which the user's computer registration status is displayed in different colors. User 1 on computer C
When a group is selected from the computer list 409 in a state where the users 1 and 3 are registered in the computer D and the computer D (here, a group 401), the computer C belonging to the group 2 corresponding to the group 401 A list of users registered in the computer D is obtained, and based on the registration status of the users displayed on the user list area 408 in the computer C and the computer D, the icon 402 of the user 1 registered in the computer C and the computer D is displayed. Icons 403 and 404 for user 2 and user 3 registered in either C or computer D, and icons 405 and 406 for user 4, user 5 or user 6 not registered in either computer C or computer D , 4
07 are displayed in different colors. The meaning of the displayed color is displayed in a legend 410. Next, the system information management unit 102
Will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 5 shows a process in which the display unit displays icons on the screen. First, a list of users and a list of computers to be displayed are read from the data 103 (step 50).
1, step 502), whether to display in color according to the registration status of the user (step 503), or to display icons in group (step 505), and to select the display format according to the system. After the processing, an icon is displayed on the screen (step 506). When the user registration status is displayed in different colors, the computer registration status is inquired to each computer (step 50)
4), determine colors to be displayed for each user (step 50)
8). If display by grouping is selected, group information is acquired from the data 103 (step 50).
7), display by group.

FIG. 6 shows the flow of processing of the input unit. Waiting for an input of a mouse operation (step 601), when selecting an icon is selected, it is determined which icon has been selected (step 602, step 604, step 606,
Step 608) is performed, and each process is performed for the selected icon type.

When a user icon is selected, a process of acquiring user information is performed (step 603), and when a computer icon is selected, a process of acquiring computer information (step 605) is performed. When the registration icon is selected, a user registration process to the computer (step 607) is performed, and when a deletion icon is selected, a user deletion process (step 609) is performed.

FIG. 7 shows the flow of processing of the input unit and the computer request unit when a group is selected. It is determined which group of icons was selected at the time of icon selection (step 701, step 702). When the computer group icon is selected, information on the selected computer group is obtained (step 703), and a list of computers belonging to the selected computer group is obtained (step 704).

When the user group icon is selected, information on the selected user group is obtained (step 705), and a list of users belonging to the selected user group is obtained (step 706). Registration or deletion processing is performed based on the obtained computer list and user list (step 707).

[0030]

As described above, the user management operation can be performed only by the mouse operation, and the user management operation can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user management screen.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a user management screen is displayed in groups.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example in which user registration states are displayed in different colors on a user management screen.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of an input process.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of screen processing.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing flow when a group is selected.

[Explanation of symbols]

101: display, 102: system information management unit,
103: data, 105: mouse, 106, 107, 1
08, 109, 110 ... computer system, 106
a, 107a, 108a, 109a, 110a ... user data, 111 ... display unit, 112 ... storage unit, 113 ... computer request unit, 114 ... input unit, 201, 301 ...
User registration icons, 202, 302 ... user deletion icons, 203, 303, 409 ... computer list display areas, 204, 304, 408 ... user list display areas, 205, 206, 306, 307 ... computer selection icons, 207, 208, 309, 310, 40
2, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407: user selection icon, 209: mouse pointer, 305, 40
1 ... computer group selection icon, 308 ... user group selection icon, 410 ... legend.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A system having a plurality of computers, which are connected via a network, has a screen for integrally managing the computers, displays a computer list and a user list on the screen, and points a mouse or the like. Select target computers and users by device,
A user management interface for a computer system, wherein a user is visually registered and deleted by pressing a registration / deletion button on a screen. 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the user is visually registered by moving a user selected by a pointing device such as a mouse on a screen to a computer selected by drag and drop. A computer system user management interface. 3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the operability is enhanced by displaying a computer list and a user list on a screen in groups easily managed by an administrator such as belonging departments or sections. User management interface of a computer system. 4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the user registered on all the computers on the screen, the user registered on any of the selected computers and not registered on all the selected computers. A user management interface for a computer system, wherein each user is displayed in a different color to enhance visibility. 5. The operability is enhanced by, when a group is selected, registered and deleted in the group unit display state, and all users belonging to the group are registered and deleted collectively. User management interface of a computer system. 6. When the group to which a user belongs is changed in the group unit display state, operability can be improved by changing necessary information on a computer only by changing a user registration group. Characteristic user management interface of computer system.