Information processing apparatus and user authentication method

摘要

An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor that is connected to the memory. The processor executes a process including: determining, when startup of an application is instructed, whether the application needs user authentication; executing, when it is determined that the user authentication is needed, the user authentication by starting up an authentication application that is different from the application; and executing, when the result of the user authentication indicates that the user authentication is successful, the application that is instructed to start up.

主权项

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a memory; and a processor that is connected to the memory, wherein the processor executes a process comprising:
determining, when startup of an application is instructed, whether the application needs user authentication;executing, when it is determined that the application does not need the user authentication, the application without executing the user authentication;executing, when it is determined that the application needs the user authentication, the user authentication by starting up an authentication application that is different from the application; andexecuting, when the result of the user authentication indicates that the user authentication is successful, the application that is instructed to start up, whereinthe executing the user authentication includes executing user authentication online by starting up an authentication application that specifies a connection destination for the user authentication and connecting to the specified connection destination, determining whether the information processing apparatus is in an online state or in an offline state, and executing, when the information processing apparatus is in the online state, the user authentication online by connecting to the connection destination, whereas executing, when the information processing apparatus is in the offline state, the user authentication offline, andthe determining includes determining, when the user authentication that is related to the application and that is performed offline is successful, that the user authentication for the application is needed again after a predetermined time elapses.