Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Daniel C Garza-Gonzalez

Christopher J Davenport

One embodiment is a method that discovers branches and groups that include a reference to an object located in a directory information tree. Paths are determined through the directory information tree to the branches and the groups. Information about the paths is then used to describe the object in the directory information tree.

Method for using paths in a directory for locating objects

A system comprises a client workstation, a single sign-on ('SSO') server accessible to the client workstation, and a plurality of host servers accessible to the client workstation. Access by the client workstation to a first host server causes the client workstation to be automatically re-directed to the SSO server and the SSO server causes the client workstation to request sign-on credentials from a user if the user has not signed on to any of the host servers. The first host server, not the SSO server, authenticates the user.

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Cypress, TX, United States of America

Daniel C Garza-Gonzalez