Method and system for verifying access to a network environment

摘要

An exemplary embodiment of the invention is a method for automating administration functions in a distributed network environment for use in managing and verifying access rights to an entity for a plurality of different types of entities within the network. The method includes compiling a list of user IDS, the user IDs being associated with at least one system. An address book is retrieved and data in the list is compared with data contained in the address book. Invalid data in the list is flagged. User-defined reports are then generated based upon results of comparing of the data in the list with data contained in the address book. A system and storage medium for implementing the method are also disclosed.