Abstract: A method for industrially changing the passwords of users in an AIX/UNIX system including a plurality of stations. A system being managed by a system administrator located at one of the stations is able to change the passwords of at least a set of users. The method comprises the steps of building an initial program including a new password selected by the system administrator for replacing the current password of all users, compiling the initial program in order to obtain an executable program, transmitting the executable program to the stations, and executing in each station, the executable program in order to obtain an encrypted string corresponding to the new password, the encrypted string being specific to the stations wherein the executable program is executed.

Abstract: A method for recovering data of a cell in a Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) wherein each cell includes a server associated with a database, a DCE administrator workstation with DCE administrator software for managing the cell, and a plurality of users being included in at least one organization. This method comprises the following steps which are automatically performed by the DCE administrator software after initialization by the administrator workstation: a) generating for each organization, the DCE commands necessary for recovering all data associated with the users included in the cell, and b) building an executable program comprising the generated commands and data associated with each user included in the cell, the executable program being used to restore or duplicate the cell.

Abstract: A method for recovering data of a cell in a Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) wherein each cell includes a server associated with a database, a DCE administrator workstation with DCE administrator software for managing the cell, and a plurality of users being included in at least one organization. This method comprises the following steps which are automatically performed by the DCE administrator software after initialization by the administrator workstation: a) generating for each organization, the DCE commands necessary for recovering all data associated with the users included in the cell, and b) building an executable program comprising the generated commands and data associated with each user included in the cell, the executable program being used to restore or duplicate the cell.

Abstract: A method for industrially changing the passwords of users in an AIX/UNIX system including a plurality of stations. A system being managed by a system administrator located at one of the stations is able to change the passwords of at least a set of users. The method comprises the steps of building an initial program including a new password selected by the system administrator for replacing the current password of all users, compiling the initial program in order to obtain an executable program, transmitting the executable program to the stations, and executing in each station, the executable program in order to obtain an encrypted string corresponding to the new password, the encrypted string being specific to the stations wherein the executable program is executed.