SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PROTOCOL INDEPENDENT DISJOINT PORT NAMES

摘要

A system and method for providing protocol independent disjoint port names for a session level restriction enabled information handling system utilizes a virtual USB device created at a host server when an input/output device is coupled to a remote client device. A symbolic link in global namespace is associated with the virtual USB device. If the symbolic link in global namespace begins with either “COM” or “LPT,” the symbolic link in global namespace is deleted and replaced with a port name symbolic link in user-session namespace based, at least in part, on the currently available port index in the user-session namespace.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
enabling a session level restriction (SLR); receiving a request from a first user of a first client to connect to a first input/output (I/O) device coupled to the first client; creating a first global namespace symbolic link in global namespace associated with a first virtual USB device, wherein the first virtual USB device is associated with the first I/O device; determining if the first global namespace symbolic link is associated with a port of the first client; deleting the first global namespace symbolic link in global namespace; and creating a first port name symbolic link in a first user-session namespace associated with the first user based, at least in part, on a first available port index in the first user-session namespace, wherein the first port name symbolic link replaces the deleted first global namespace symbolic link and wherein access to the first port name symbolic link is restricted to the first user of the first client.