| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus for performing not only role management by an individual user, but also roll management by department each including a plurality of users. <P>SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus includes an authentication database in which association between a user and authentication information of the user is registered, a role management database in which association between the user and the role allocated to the user, association between a department to which a plurality of users belong and the role allocated to the department, and association between the user and the department to which the user belongs are registered, an authenticating unit that performs authentication of the user, and a role managing unit that permits, with reference to the role management database, the user authenticated by the authenticating unit to use the role allocated to the user and permits the department to which the user authenticated by the authenticating unit belongs to use the role allocated to the department. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |
