Mary Eliz Robb

US Patent:

6886100, Apr 26, 2005

Filed:

May 15, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/855937

Inventors:

Richard D. Harrah - Seattle WA, US
Jeffrey R. Finz - Portland OR, US
Mary Thomas Robb - Fort Collins CO, US
Terence E. Lister - Fort Collins CO, US
Paula B. Curtis - Windsor CO, US
Douglas P. Drees - Fort Collins CO, US

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

H04L009/00

US Classification:

713200, 713201

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for managing tool execution via roles on a computer system while maintaining computer system security, wherein the computer system comprises a plurality of roles, are disclosed. Such a method and apparatus may include delegating tools to a user based on a role, wherein a tool provides root access for performing a specific task in the computer system and the role is an authorized role that enables the user to run the delegated tools, identifying one of the plurality of roles to be disabled, wherein the identified role is the authorized role, accessing the identified role, and, disabling the identified role so that the user cannot run the delegated tool(s). Disabled roles may likewise be enabled according to a disclosed method and apparatus. Embodiments of the invention may comprise authorization objects that comprise attributes identifying the roles and machine for which a user is authorized.

US Patent:

20030033085, Feb 13, 2003

Filed:

May 10, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/852890

Inventors:

Humberto Sanchez - Ft. Collins CO, US
Richard Harrah - Seattle WA, US
Douglas Drees - Fort Collins CO, US
Michael Scheetz - Fort Collins CO, US
Miha Wang - Cupertino CA, US
Roger Kumpf - Cupertino CA, US
Jenny Yu - Saratoga CA, US
Bapugouda Patil - Milpitas CA, US
Mary Robb - Fort Collins CO, US
Donald Suit - Fort Collins CO, US
Warren Otsuka - Cambell CA, US
Nagaraja Boranna - Cupertino CA, US

International Classification:

G06F019/00

US Classification:

702/001000

Abstract:

An embodiment of an object class test involves constructing objects from classes, developing a unit class test for each object, passing data into each object using the unit class test, and retrieving data from each object using the unit class test to determine if the object is functional. Accordingly, the object class test ensures that each object is functional before the objects are installed in a software development system. In addition, the object class test documents and implements source code necessary to produce standard output messages from the unit class test for each class, thus formalizing the object class test output into an easily parseable and human readable format.