US 12,292,984 B2
User authentication and authorization for containers
A Ashok Kumar Reddy, Bangalore (IN); Vimal Krishna, Bengaluru (IN); and Balaguru Veerappan, Coimbatore (IN)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/301,501.
Prior Publication US 2024/0346159 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/604 (2013.01) [G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2137 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2141 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a container hosted on a computing device, a request to access the container, wherein the request includes a temporary username and password and an access group, wherein the access group is a user group to which a user associated with the request belongs;
creating, by the container, a temporary user credentials based on the temporary username and password passed with the request to access the container;
adding, by the container, the user to the container;
mapping, by the container, the access group passed with the request to an equivalent predefined access group within the container;
assigning, by the container, the user to the equivalent predefined access group, wherein the predefined access group within the container specifies permissions to be granted to the user;
providing, by the container, access to the container based on the temporary user credentials and the equivalent predefined access group; and
sending, by the container, a response to the request to access the container, wherein the response includes information about the provided access to the container.