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Abstract

A user authentication method is applicable to an image forming apparatus connectable via a network to an authentication apparatus that performs authentication of a user and including authentication set information that sets whether to perform authentication in the authentication apparatus. The user authentication method includes: a user authentication information obtaining step of obtaining user authentication information for performing authentication of the user; an authentication party determination step of determining whether to perform authentication of the user in the authentication apparatus or in the image forming apparatus based on the authentication set information; an authentication step of performing authentication of the user in an authentication party determined in the authentication party determination step by using the user authentication information; an authentication result obtaining step of obtaining a result of the authentication in the authentication step; and an authentication result specifying step of specifying the obtained authentication result to the user.

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