A method, apparatus, program, and storage medium, for managing a network device
by communicating with an information processing device and the network device via
a network and managing the network device in response to a request from the information
processing device. If a request for execution of a process, which needs particular
authorization, upon the network device, is received from the information processing
device, it is determined whether a command to invalidate a password of said network
device has been received together with the process execution request. When the
password of the network device is to be invalidated, a password invalidation request
is transmitted to the network device. This technique makes it possible for an administrator
of a network device to use it even when the administrator forgets the device password
assigned to the network device without having to perform initialization which would
cause all setting data to be lost.
