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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2000
Richard W. Cheston, Morrisville, NC (US);
Daryl Carvis Cromer, Apex, NC (US);
Richard Alan Dayan, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Dhruv Manmohandas Desai, Cary, NC (US);
Jan M. Janick, Morrisville, NC (US);
Howard Jeffery Locker, Cary, NC (US);
Andy Lloyd Trotter, Raleigh, NC (US);
James Peter Ward, Raleigh, NC (US);
Richard W. Cheston, Morrisville, NC (US);
Daryl Carvis Cromer, Apex, NC (US);
Richard Alan Dayan, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Dhruv Manmohandas Desai, Cary, NC (US);
Jan M. Janick, Morrisville, NC (US);
Howard Jeffery Locker, Cary, NC (US);
Andy Lloyd Trotter, Raleigh, NC (US);
James Peter Ward, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A data processing system and method are disclosed for remotely recovering a client computer system's primary password. The primary password be correctly entered prior to the client computer system becoming fully accessible to a user. The client computer system is coupled to a server computer system utilizing a network. Prior to the client computer system completing a boot process, a user is prompted to enter the primary password. An interrogative password method is provided in response to an incorrect entry of the primary password. The primary password is recoverable in response to a successful execution of the interrogative password method. The primary password is recoverable from the server computer system by the client computer system prior to said client computer system completing said boot process utilizing the interrogative password method.