Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.

Kazutoshi Kichikawa

Yoshihiro Yano

Takayuki Chikada

Fukio Handa

Syouzou Niwata

IC cards (R, R, and R) are issued respectively to users &#x3b1;, &#x3b2;, and &#x3b3;. An identification code (ID()) of a computer () supplied to user &#x3b1; and environment information (ENV()) that indicates a normal network environment of the computer () are recorded in the IC card (R) issued to user &#x3b1;. When in order to use a computer, a user connects his/her IC card, the identification code and the network environment of the computer to be used are compared with the identification code and environment information recorded in the IC card and different access rights are provided in accordance to the degree of matching. The identification code may be a MAC address of a LAN circuit incorporated in the computer, and the environment information may be a default gateway address or the like. Different access rights can thus be set according to the computer or the network environment that is used.

Computer system and access right setting method

When a user, who has logged onto an information processing apparatus (), executes a logoff procedure, a saving unit () executes the following processes. Firstly, from among the files residing in a data storage unit (), any files that are recognized as requiring a security protection and hence are to be saved are copied into an external storage device () via a network (), and the original files in the data storage unit () are then deleted. At this moment, the address of the copy destination is stored, as management information, into a portable information recording medium () possessed by the user. When the user logs onto the information processing apparatus () again, a restoring unit () restores, based on the management information stored in the portable information recording medium (), the files saved in the external storage device () into the data storage unit (). In this way, a sufficient security can be retained when a plurality of users share a single information processing apparatus.

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Tokyo, Japan

Kazutoshi Kichikawa