JP2001273180A - System capable of setting environment for file access by individual user - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system enabling each user to easily access an individual folder corresponding to each user and the folder of a group which the user belongs to without regard to a log in name for logging in OS or environment setting in OS. SOLUTION: The system to be realized by using a server program and plural client programs to the network environment is provided with a folder storage part for an individual user, a group-shared folder storage part and a user information storage part on a server computer. The input of a user name different from the log in name of OS is received from the user having started the client program, and display for facilitating access to a folder for an individual user corresponding to a user name and/or the group-shared folder of a group which the user name belongs to is made to the user.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system and a program capable of setting an individual user environment. The present invention relates to a system and a program for providing an environment in which a group folder can be easily accessed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, for example, in a school, a network comprising a server and a plurality of clients has been constructed, and in a computer room in which a plurality of client computers have been installed, a plurality of sets of students have been replaced by client computers. There have been many.

[0003] At this time, for all students who are users,
It is theoretically possible to perform user registration in each OS and identify using a different login name, and then perform individual environment setting. However, in schools and the like, there are circumstances such as the inability to have a specialized manager, and it is difficult to perform management and operation up to that point.

Therefore, when setting up the network computer in the computer room, the client computer A for the student uses a fictitious fixed user name such as "seito1" for the client computer A and "seito2" for the client computer B. In many cases, it is used to build a batch program to log in. According to this method, when a certain class starts, a student sitting at the terminal seat of the client computer A is recognized only as the user “seito1”, and the terminal of the client computer A will be recognized in the next class. The same applies to a student sitting in a seat, and it was virtually impossible to set an environment for each user while having a function of setting an environment for each user as an OS.

[0005] For this reason, conventionally, management has been performed in which each student has an individual floppy (registered trademark) disk and personal data is stored in the floppy disk. However, recently, a lot of data processing such as digital cameras and digital recordings are required, and the amount of data increases, which easily exceeds the capacity of the floppy disk. Is becoming impossible. Further, in such a method, although individuals can save their own data, they cannot share the results of group work such as collaborative learning.

As another solution, if a directory of each student and a directory of various groups are created on the file server, it is not possible to store individual data of each student and data for the group. it can. However, if such a method is adopted, in a school or the like having a large number of students, the number of directories alone becomes enormous. Then, if a hierarchy is formed to organize this, the hierarchy becomes deeper, and it becomes difficult for each student to correctly store his / her own directory and the directory path of the group to which the student belongs. In other words, just instructing each student to access these directories correctly requires a lot of effort and is extremely confusing.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the present invention uses a file server to manage personal data on a server. The present invention provides a system and a program capable of easily accessing a target path at an application level even when the user management of the OS cannot be used by managing path information for each user.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system realized using a server program and a plurality of client programs in a network environment including a server computer and a plurality of client computers. A storage unit, a group shared folder storage unit and a user information storage unit, a unit for receiving an input of a user name different from an OS login name from a user who has started the client program; Means for displaying an individual user folder corresponding to the user name and / or a display for enabling easy access to a group shared folder of a group to which the user name belongs.

[0009] The system of the present invention provides a system in which a large number of people use client computers connected to a network independently of a login name for logging in to an OS for each user. It is intended to provide an environment in which each user can easily access his or her personal files and files of a group to which he or she belongs without setting environment for each user in the OS.

[0010] This is superficially similar to the management of access rights by the OS, but only to personal files and
The path is managed so that the file of the group to which it belongs can be easily accessed. Therefore, although it is possible to restrict the access authority of the file, it is not intended.

In the system of the present invention, each user logs in to the server program from the application program using a user name different from the login name of the OS, so that the user can save his or her own individual user folder and In a case where a group shared folder of a group to which the user belongs belongs is used, a display for accessing the folder is displayed. For this reason, the user can easily access the folder where the user's file is located and the folder of the group to which the user belongs without entering all the paths. Note that the user name is irrelevant to the login name of the OS, but it goes without saying that the same name may be used.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system realized by using a server program and a plurality of client programs in a network environment including a server computer and a plurality of client computers, wherein an individual user is provided on the server computer. A server storage unit, a group shared folder storage unit, and a user information storage unit, wherein the server program receives (1) an input of a user name different from the OS login name from a user who has started the client program; (2) Obtaining path information corresponding to the user name stored in a user information storage unit on a server computer and transmitting the path information to the client program, wherein the client program (1) stores the path information in a server program And receive this from Creating a setting file for storing on the client computer, and (2) a folder for an individual user corresponding to the user name and / or a group of a group to which the user name belongs based on the path information of the setting file. A display for enabling easy access to the shared folder is provided.

Each user's path information (information indicating the location of a file) is stored as a setting file in the client computer by each client program. Then, while the client program is running, the client program allows the user to easily access the individual user folder corresponding to the user name and / or the group shared folder of the group to which the user name belongs. Used to make it possible.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the display for enabling easy access to the individual user folder and / or the group shared folder is made in a launcher for starting an application program in the client program. 3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the system is an icon display.

The client program has a launcher for starting an application program.
On the launcher screen, the individual user folder and the group shared folder are displayed as icons together with the icon of the application program to be started. By clicking this, the user can easily access the individual user folder and the group shared folder.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the display for enabling easy access to the individual user folder and / or the group shared folder is performed by a file selection operation in the application program started by the client program. 3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the system is a pull-down menu for performing.

At the time of performing a file selection operation, the names of the individual user folder and the group shared folder corresponding to the user are automatically displayed by a pull-down menu and can be selected.

[0018] According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the system comprises:
The system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the system is an educational system.

[0019] Here, education means elementary school, junior high school,
Includes computer training at educational institutions such as high schools, universities and vocational schools, and companies. That is, the client connected to the network as described above
A case where many people use a computer in place of a computer typically appears in the case of computer education in schools and the like. In the case of computer education in schools, etc., it is difficult to provide education on the assumption that each person has a personal computer, etc. Therefore, a computer room or the like is installed and multiple This is because, in many cases, one computer is prepared and each group uses the computer in turn during computer education.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a server program and a client program for a system operating in a network environment comprising a server computer and a plurality of client computers, wherein the server program comprises: (1) the client program Receiving the input of a user name different from the login name of the OS from the user who has started the OS, and (2) acquiring the path information corresponding to the user name stored in the user information storage unit on the server computer, Transmitting to the client program, the client program comprising:
(1) receiving the path information from the server program,
A setting file for storing this is created on the client computer, and (2) an individual user folder corresponding to the user name and / or a group to which the user name belongs, based on the path information of the setting file. And a computer-readable recording medium on which a server program and a client program are recorded for enabling easy access to the group shared folder.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system realized by using a server program and a plurality of client programs in a network environment comprising a server computer and a plurality of client computers. A server storage unit, a group shared folder storage unit, and a user information storage unit, wherein the server program receives (1) an input of a user name different from the OS login name from a user who has started the client program; (2) Obtaining path information corresponding to the user name stored in a user information storage unit on a server computer and transmitting the path information to the client program, wherein the client program (1) stores the path information in a server program And receive this from Creating a setting file for storing on the client computer, and (2) a folder for an individual user corresponding to the user name and / or a group of a group to which the user name belongs based on the path information of the setting file. A computer-readable recording medium that records a server program and / or a client program used for a system characterized in that a display for enabling easy access to a shared folder is performed.

[0022] The invention according to claim 8 is the icon display in which the display for enabling easy access of the individual user folder and the group shared folder is performed in a launcher for starting an application program in the client program. A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to claim 6 or 7 is recorded.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, the display for enabling easy access of the individual user folder and / or the group shared folder is performed by a file selection operation in the application program started by the client program. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program according to claim 6 or 7 is recorded as a pull-down menu for performing.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium storing the program according to any one of the sixth to ninth aspects, wherein the system is an educational system.

The invention according to claims 6 to 10 is a computer-readable recording medium on which a program used to realize the system according to claims 1 to 5 is recorded.

[0026]

FIG. 1 shows an outline of the system of the present invention in a computer room of a school. In a computer room, a server computer 101 and a plurality of client computers 201 to 240 are connected and installed via a network (such as a LAN).
Each client computer is a server computer 1
01 is connected to the network, and the respective OSs are activated.

A server program 301 is executed on the server computer 1, and a client program 401 is executed on each of the client computers 201 to 240.
To 440 are executed.

On the server computer 101, there are an individual user folder storage unit 11, a group shared folder storage unit 12, and a user information storage unit 13. In particular,
These pieces of information are stored on the hard disk.

Each client computer executes a client program each time each user uses it. Each client program creates a setting file described later on the client computer at the time of startup.

Each client computer has:
Each class will be used by a different student,
Even in the same set of lessons, the same student does not always use the same client computer.

The server program 301 and each client program of the present invention are executed as application programs on these OSs. As described later, in each of the client programs,
An application program for a client program (word processor, spreadsheet software, etc.) is to be executed by the user, and the application program for the client program is hereinafter referred to as “the application”.

FIG. 2 shows a flow when the user starts the client program. Hereinafter, along with FIG. 2, the user name of the student A who is the user is “Suzuki”,
The description will be made on the assumption that the class belongs to the “acid rain group” and the client computer 402 is used in this class.

First, the student A starts the client program 402 on the client computer 202,
The user logs in to the server program 301 (S201).
At this time, a user name input screen shown in FIG. 3 is displayed. The student A inputs the user name “Suzuki” on the input screen in FIG. This user name is independent of the user ID of the OS of the client computer 202 and is the user name of the student A for the system of the present invention. When the student A inputs the user name, the server program 301 stores an individual user folder (“Suzuki folder”) of the user “Suzuki” stored in the user information storage unit 13 on the server computer 101, and The path information of the shared folder (“acid rain group”) of the group to which it belongs is extracted and transmitted to the client program 402.

The client program 402 receives the path information and sends the received path information to the client computer 20.
Setting file 5 containing the path information in a storage area on
02 is created. FIG. 4 shows the contents of the setting file. Here, [POCKET] (Pockets 1 to 9)
9) is the path information. The user “Suzuki” is grouped as “acid rain group”
, The path information is two pieces of information: an individual user folder of “Suzuki” and a path information of a folder of “acid rain group” (FIG. 4).

Thereafter, the client program 402
Displays a launcher screen for launching the application on the screen of the client computer 202. FIG. 5 shows an example of the launcher screen. On the launcher screen, the present application such as a word processor and spreadsheet software is activated. On the launcher screen, using the path information of the setting file, the “Suzuki folder”, which is a folder for the individual user of the student “Suzuki”, and the “acid rain group” folder, which is a shared folder of the group to which “Suzuki” belongs. The shortcut icon is automatically displayed (FIG. 5).
By clicking the shortcut icon, the student A can easily access the individual user folder and the group shared folder in the individual user folder storage unit 11 and the group shared folder storage unit 12 of the server computer 101. it can.

Next, a case where the present application is started from the launcher screen will be described. Student A
For example, when starting a word processor, the user clicks the icon indicating the word processor on the launcher screen. When starting a word processor and performing file operations, for example, opening a file, or selecting a file location on the dialog screen (FIG. 6), the student A
Can easily access the "Suzuki" folder, which is an individual user folder of "Suzuki", and the "acid rain group" folder, which is a shared folder of the group to which "Suzuki" belongs, stored in the server computer 101. Can be. That is, the item “pocket” is displayed on the dialog screen by the client program 402 using the path information of the setting file 502. Here, the folders “Suzuki folder” and “acid rain group” can be selected from a pull-down menu (FIG. 6).
Therefore, the student A does not need to take any troublesome steps to select his or her own individual user folder or group shared folder, and does not need to memorize the location (directory) in the first place.

When the student A finishes the lesson, he logs out of the server program 301.
In the next class, this client computer 202
The student who uses the application will start the client program again, enter his user name, and access his file. The administrator of this system does not need to manage the user settings and user environment settings of the OS, but only makes easy user settings of the system as described below. Easy access to folders.

Next, a procedure of user management in the server computer 101 performed prior to the above operation will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG. First,
After activating the server program 201, the user management program is activated (S701). First, the school name, grade name, and class name are registered (S702). Next, a student list is created (S702, FIG. 8). After that, the path of the individual user folder is registered for each user (S70).
3, FIG. 8). Furthermore, the group to which the user belongs is registered (S705, FIG. 9), and the path is created (S706, S706).
(FIG. 9). The result of the above user management by the user management program is stored on the server computer through communication with the server program 201.

[0039]

As described above, irrespective of the login name for logging in to the OS and the environment setting in the OS, each user can enter an individual folder (file) corresponding to the user or a folder (file) of a group to which the user belongs. ) Easily accessible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an operation outline of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a screen displayed at the time of login.

FIG. 4 is a description example of a setting file.

FIG. 5 is a display screen of a launcher of a client program.

FIG. 6 is a display example of a pull-down menu.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of user management.

FIG. 8 is a personal registration screen in the user management program.

FIG. 9 is a group registration screen in the user management program.

[Description of Signs] 11 Individual user folder storage unit 12 Group shared folder storage unit 13 User information storage unit 101 Server computer 201 to 240 Client computer 301 Server program 401 to 440 Client program 501 to 540 Setting file 601 to 640 Launcher

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A system realized by using a server program and a plurality of client programs in a network environment including a server computer and a plurality of client computers, comprising: a folder storage unit for individual users; A folder storage unit and a user information storage unit;
Means for receiving an input of a user name different from the login name of S; and for the user, easy access to an individual user folder corresponding to the user name and / or a group shared folder of a group to which the user name belongs. Means for making a display for enabling the operation. 2. A system realized by using a server program and a plurality of client programs in a network environment including a server computer and a plurality of client computers, wherein: a folder storage unit for individual users; The server program includes a shared folder storage unit and a user information storage unit, and the server program includes:
Receiving an input of a user name different from the login name of the OS; (2) obtaining path information corresponding to the user name stored in the user information storage unit on the server computer and transmitting the path information to the client program; The client program: (1) receiving the path information from a server program,
A setting file for storing the same is created on the client computer. (2) A folder for an individual user corresponding to the user name and / or a group to which the user name belongs based on the path information of the setting file. Is displayed so as to enable easy access to the group shared folder. 3. A display for enabling easy access of the individual user folder and / or the group shared folder is an icon display in a launcher for starting an application program in the client program. Claim 1.
Or the system according to claim 2. 4. A display for enabling easy access to the individual user folder and / or group shared folder is provided by a pull-down menu for performing a file selection operation in an application program started in the client program. 3. The system according to claim 1 or claim 2. 5. The system according to claim 1, wherein said system is an educational system. 6. A server program and a client program for a system operating in a network environment including a server computer and a plurality of client computers, the server program comprising: (1) a user who has started the client program; Receiving an input of a user name different from the login name of the OS; (2) obtaining path information corresponding to the user name stored in the user information storage unit on the server computer and transmitting the path information to the client program; The client program: (1) receiving the path information from a server program,
Creating a setting file for storing this on the client computer; and (2) an individual user folder corresponding to the user name and / or a group to which the user name belongs, based on the path information of the setting file. A computer-readable recording medium on which a server program and a client program are recorded, the display being made to enable easy access to the group shared folder. 7. A system realized by using a server program and a plurality of client programs in a network environment including a server computer and a plurality of client computers, comprising: an individual user folder storage unit; The server program includes a shared folder storage unit and a user information storage unit, and the server program includes:
Receiving an input of a user name different from the login name of the OS; (2) obtaining path information corresponding to the user name stored in the user information storage unit on the server computer and transmitting the path information to the client program; The client program: (1) receiving the path information from a server program,
Creating a setting file for storing this on the client computer; and (2) an individual user folder corresponding to the user name and / or a group to which the user name belongs, based on the path information of the setting file. A computer-readable recording medium that records a server program and / or a client program used in a system characterized in that a display for enabling easy access to the group shared folder is performed. 8. The display for enabling easy access of the individual user folder and the group shared folder is an icon display displayed on a launcher for starting an application program in the client program. A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to claim 6 or 7 is recorded. 9. A display for enabling easy access to the individual user folder and / or the group shared folder is provided by a pull-down menu for performing a file selection operation in an application program started in the client program. A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to claim 6 or 7 is recorded. 10. A computer-readable recording medium recording a program according to claim 6, wherein said system is an educational system.