摘要 |
<p>The invention concerns a method of authenticating a user (1, 3, 5) in a heterogeneous computer environment, the method comprising the steps of defining a set of unique prefixes (201), each prefix (201) identifying a type of user repository; defining a set of abstract repository names, each abstract repository name identifying an address of a user repository (20, 22); and authenticating the user (1, 3, 5) in the heterogeneous computer environment by assigning a sequence comprising a unique prefix (201), a reference (203) to an abstract repository name and a unique identifier (205) for the user (1, 3, 5) within the user repository (20, 22) indicated by the reference (203) to the abstract repository name.</p> |