Novell, Inc.

Lynn Wells Crabb

Scott Alan Isaacson

Larry Hal Henderson

Daniel Gene Fritch

James Duane Nyland, Jr

James D Nyland, Jr

A computer receives a request for authentication from a client. The computer forwards the authentication request to an authentication source. Once the authentication source has validated the authentication request, the computer requests authentication and cache control information from the authentication source. The computer uses the authentication and cache control information to populate a user object stored in a container hierarchy and enable the computer to authenticate an authentication request without forwarding the authentication request to the authentication source.

Authentication cache and authentication on demand in a distributed network environment

A computer receives an authentication request from a client. The computer creates a temporary user object and populates it with identification information from the authentication request. The computer then forwards the authentication request to an authentication source. Once the authentication source has validated the authentication request, the computer queries the authentication source for identification information, populates the temporary user object with the identification information, and makes the user object permanent.

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