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EP1627286A1 - Secure user access subsystem for use in a computer information database system - Google PatentsSecure user access subsystem for use in a computer information database system
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The present application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Applica- tion Serial No. 60/473,650, which was filed on May 28, 2003, by James W. Franklin and Gary H. Newman for a SECURITY ARRANGEMENT IN A COMPUTER INFORMATION DATABASE SYSTEM and is hereby incorporated by reference.
Field of the Invention The invention relates generally to systems and methods of managing profile data for a plurality of computers and, more particularly, to systems and methods of managing user access to the profile data and associated reports.
Background Information
A computer profile includes computer configuration data, such as data that identifies the computer hardware and software. The profile may also include other information, such as, for example, associated software license information, performance data, and other user specified data. In a prior system for managing a computer information database that contains computer profile data, a profile group managing server manages the data according to a tree-structured grouping of the computers. The tree structure, which is designated by the system administrator, may, for example, follow the organizational chart of a company, with the top level node, or group, corresponding to the company and lower level nodes, or groups, corresponding to the various branch offices, and so forth. In the example, the computers may be grouped according to their IP subnets that correspond to the branch offices. The profile group managing server then manipulates the profile data to produce reports that summarize the attributes of the computers at every group level, with reports for a given group including the profile data for all computers in the sub-tree that has the group as its root.
The system controls access to profile data records, and thus, access to reports, through user login groups. The respective login group of a user specifies that the user has access to profile data for that computer group and any subgroups thereof. As an example, a user in a particular branch office has as a login group the associated branch office group, and so has access to the profile data of computers that are included in the associated branch office group and any subgroups thereof. The user does not, however, have access to the profile data of computers in peer groups, or superior groups, such as the company group, which includes all of the computers in the company. In contrast, a user in the company head office that has the company group as his login group has access to the profile data provided by the computers in the company group. One such computer information database management system is the BelManage system (version 6) produced by Belarc, Inc., of Maynard, Massachusetts, which is the Assignee of the current invention.
The user login groups work well to control user access to computer profile data based on groupings of the computers. It may also be desirable to delegate administrative authority among the various groups, such that, for example, selected users in various offices of a company have access to system features relating to adding new users, adding sub-groups, and so forth. In this way, the users selected in the various departments or branch offices of the company can make timely changes to the system operations, to reflect changes in the personnel and organization of the company, the branch offices, and so forth. An important requirement for proper operation of the system, however, is that the system provide secure access to both the profile data and the system administrative features that control the data.
The current system includes a user access security subsystem that utilizes computer grouping criteria and user type criteria to control user access to both computer profile data and the administrative features of the system. The computer grouping criteria determine profile data access for the respective users. The user type criteria determine which administrative features are accessible to the respective users. The combination of the computer grouping and the user type criteria restricts a given user to exercising the delegated administrative authority only with respect to the particular grouping of computers to which the user has been granted access through the associated login group. To maintain access security, the subsystem allows a given user to grant to another only those access rights that are equal to or more restrictive than the given user's rights. Thus, the given user cannot grant access to a login group that is a peer or a superior of his own login group and/or cannot assign a user type that is associated with greater access to system administrative features than his own user type.
The user access security subsystem enforces the access restrictions by tailoring the user interface presented to the user based on the associated login group and user type. The subsystem thus determines which computer groupings are included in various menus, which function "buttons" are active, which web pages the user can view, and so forth based on the sub-tree that has the user's login group as its root and the system features available through the user's user type. For added security, the subsystem also checks the login group and user type every time the user submits a request for access to the records of a particular group, such as, for example, when the user submits a request to view a report, add a new user, and so forth. The system then grants only the requests that apply to data and/or utilize system features to which the requester has access. The user access security subsystem provides a secure mechanism for delegating administrative authority among users associated with the various computer groupings. Selected users can then readily make changes that affect the reporting of profile data for the respective groups at appropriate times, such as when changes are made in the organization of the company, a department, and so forth. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention description below refers to the accompanying drawings, of which:
Fig. 1 is a functional block diagram of a system constructed in accordance with the current invention; Fig. 2 depicts a Users Rights Chart that illustrates user types; Fig. 3 depicts a Users Rights Table for use by the system of Fig. 1; and
Figs. 4A-B illustrate an administrative web page with a navigation bar that is tailored for a Full Administrator user type and for a Profile Administrator user type, respectively. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF AN ILLUSTRATIVE
Referring now to Fig. 1, a company operates a network 100 that includes various computers 10, some of which may be workstations, laptops, servers or other devices (not shown) that communicate over an intranet, which is denoted in the drawing by the reference numeral 16. A server 14, which is the profile data managing server, manages a computer information database 18 that contains profile data for the computers on the intranet 16 and any other computers (not shown) that are under company control. Hereinafter, all computers under control of the company are referenced as "computers 10." The server 14 runs profile group management software, which is denoted in the drawing by the reference numeral 20, and user access management software, which is denoted by the reference numeral 21. For ease of understanding, the server 14 will sometimes be referred to herein as a profile group manager 140 and/or a user access manager 240 as depicted by dotted lines in the drawing. The computers 10 run client profiling software that, at the respective computers, collects profile data and uploads the data to the profile data managing server 14. The client profiling software is denoted in the drawing by the reference numeral 22. The profile group manager 140 manages the computer profile data by grouping the computers into a specified tree-structure of groups, possibly based on primary and/or secon- dary grouping criteria, or in accordance with manual grouping dictated by the system administrator. The profile group manager then manipulates the data to produce reports that summarize the attributes of the computers in the various groups, with each report for a given group summarizing the attributes of the computers in the groups that are in a sub-tree with the given group as its root. The primary and secondary grouping criteria are based on selected methods of grouping, such as IP Address, Windows Domain, Windows Login, PC Name and so forth, as described in the co-pending United States Patent Application Serial No. 10/627,191 entitled GROUPING OF COMPUTERS IN A COMPUTER INFORMATION DATABASE SYSTEM, filed July 25, 2003.
The grouping criteria or manual grouping may produce groups that essentially correspond to the underlying organization of the network 100 and/or the company. An example of computer groupings that correspond to the underlying organization of a company is a company-wide group, branch office or regional groups, department groups within each of the respective branch offices groups, and so forth, as discussed in the co-pending application. The profile group manager 140 may thus group the computers into separate groups for east and west regional offices, and further for sales and marketing departments. The groups are then:
Company/West/ Company/West/Sales/
Company/East/Marketing/ The profile group manager produces reports organized by the company, by regional groups and by the respective sales and marketing department groups. The reports for the East group include information relating to the computers in groups that are in the sub-tree with the East group as its root. Thus, the report includes information relating to the East/Sales and East/Marketing groups and any subgroups thereof (not shown). The user access manager 240 manages user access to computer profile data based on computer grouping criteria and user types. The users have access to profile data through login groups, which identify the computer groups to which the user has access. A user who is assigned a single login group that corresponds to one of the regional offices, for example, the East office, has access only to the profile data of the computers that are in the East group, and the Sales and Marketing sub-groups thereof. The user does not, however, have access to the profile data of the computers in other regional groups, such as, the West group, or any sub-groups thereof. Further, the user does not have access to the profile data of the computers in, for example, the superior company group.
The user types specify what type of access the users actually have to the profile data, by specifying the system administrative features to which the associated users have access. Each user type is associated with access to system administrative features that correspond to the exercise of particular administrative authority. A given user can access only those administrative features associated with his assigned user type, and thus, can exercise only the associated administration authority. The subsystem utilizes a combination of the user type and login group that are associated with a given user to ensure that the user acts within his administrative authority and exercises that authority only with respect to the computer groupings to which the user has been granted access. Thus, the subsystem ensures that system administrative authority can be readily and in a secure manner delegated to selected users across the company.
Referring now to the chart shown in Fig. 2, there are, in the example, seven user types, namely, Full Administrator, Group Administrator, User Administrator, Profile Administrator, View Reports Only, Download Client Only, and No Rights, which is the default user type. As shown by the chart of Fig. 2, the respective user types, other than the default type, are associated with various sets of "user rights," which as discussed below define the administrative features to which the user type has access. The Full Administrator has all of the user rights, the Group Administrator has somewhat fewer user rights, and so forth.
The system- wide rights allow modification of certain functions that affect all users and groups in the system. The system-wide rights include access to system features that affect the grouping of profile data, the profile data upload schedule, and the software names, software lists and software reports.
The modify group rights allow the adding of new sub-groups and the editing of installable client options for the groups, such as the enabling or disabling of perform- ance monitoring. The modify user rights allow the adding of new users and the editing of certain user account attributes, such as the password, the login group, the user type, and the user's ability to change his or her own password.
The remove profile rights allow the user to remove profiles from the database. The view reports rights allow the user to view the profile data reports.
The download client rights allow the user to download and install the client software on a computer, and thus, add the computer's profile to the database. This also confers the right to manually profile a computer (without installing a client) and add the resulting profile to the database. In the example, a user who has the East/Sales Login Group and is assigned a
View Reports Only user type can view the reports for the East/Sales computer group and any sub-groups thereof The user can not, however, view the reports of peer East sub-groups, such as the East/Marketing group, or the reports of superior groups such as the East or company groups. Similarly, a user who has the East/Sales Login Group and is assigned a User Administrator user type can add a new user to the East/Sales group and any sub-groups thereof. The user can not, however, add a new user to the peer East/Marketing group or to the superior East group, and so forth. Further, the user may assign the new user a user type of User Administrator, or one of the user types with fewer access rights, such as the View Reports Only user type. The user can not, how- ever, assign the new user a user type that is associated with greater user rights, such as the Group Administrator user type.
For ease of understanding, we explain the operations of the user access security subsystem with reference to a Users Table that includes user login account records for the respective users. The record associates a user that is identified by user name and password with both a login group and a user type. As is evident to those skilled in the art, the table may consist of multiple tables, or may take any other form that associates a given user name and password pairing with the assigned login group and user type.
Referring now also to Fig. 3, a Users Table 300 stores records 310 for user login accounts, and maintains one record per user. The Users Table includes fields 301 and 302 for the user name and password, respectively. The table further includes a field 303 for a login group identifier and a field 304 for a user type identifier. Each login account record requires entries in all of the fields. The default entry for the user type field is an identifier that corresponds to the No Rights user type.
The login group identifier may specify the login group directly or, preferably, point to entries in one or more tables that specify the group tree and/or the sub-tree that has the designated group as its root. Alternatively, the login group identifier may be associated with multiple login groups through an associated table or list. As discussed above, the login groups are the same as or are associated with the groupings the profile group manager 140 uses for the computer profile data. Accordingly, the system can readily determine which profile data records are available to a given user based on the group tree or trees associated with the user's login group.
Each data record of a computer profile includes a GroupName string that specifies, in the form of a group tree path, the group to which the computer is assigned by the profile data manager. The access security subsystem determines that a given user has access to a particular profile data record if the group tree path associated with the user's login group is contained within the group tree path specified as the GroupName in the record. In the example, a data record for a computer in the sales department of the East regional office contains a GroupName string of Company/East/Sales/. The East login group is designated as Company/East/, and thus, a user who has the East login group has a right to access the record. The users who have East/Marketing/ as their login group do not, however, have the right to access to the data record since the group tree Company/East/Marketing/ is not contained within the group tree specified by the GroupName string in the record. Similarly, if the login group is associated with multiple computer groups, the system determines if any of the associated group tree paths are contained in the group tree path specified by the GroupName string of the profile data.
In the embodiment, the respective user rights are encoded as orthogonal bits into user type words that have particular bits set or not set depending on the rights that are associated with the respective user types. The most significant bit of the word cor- responds to system-wide functions, the second most significant bit corresponds to modify group rights, and so forth. The Full Administrator user type is thus designated by a word in which all of the bits are set. Similarly, the Group Administrator user type is designated by a word in which all of the bits are set except for the bit that corresponds to the system-wide functions, and so forth. The subsystem can thus readily check if a given user type has particular rights by checking if a specific bit that corre- sponds to those rights is set or not set in the user type word. The user type identifier included in the user's login account may be an integer (0 to 6) that indexes a table (not shown) in which the user type words are stored. The integer 6, for example, indexes to the Full Administrator user type word, the integer 5 indexes to the Group Administrator user type word, and so forth. Alternatively, the user type words may be included in the login accounts as the user type identifiers.
The data for the Users Table 300 are provided and maintained through administrative web pages. For example, a user who has modify users rights, i.e., is Full Administrator, Group Administrator or User Administrator user type, has access to the appropriate web page to instruct the subsystem to add a login account for a new user or modify the login account of an existing user. The subsystem then adds a new record 310 or changes an entry in an existing record accordingly.
To maintain profile data access security, a user can not grant to another, whether through the creation of a new user login account or a modification of an existing user login account, greater access rights than are available to the creating or modi- fying user. Similarly, the user may only modify users of or add a user to the given user's login group or a sub-group thereof. To ensure that the user operates within these restrictions, the subsystem customizes the user interface to provide to the user only those functions and data to which the user has access based on the associated user type and login group. Each time a user logs on to the system, the user access subsystem looks in the
Users Table 300 and performs a user name-password check in a conventional manner. If the user is authorized to log onto the system, the subsystem produces for viewing by the user a user interface that provides access to only the system features and data that correspond to the login group identifier and user type identifier included in the user's login account record 310. The subsystem employs web page scripts that check the associated login group and user type as various pages, menus, action handlers and so forth are set up. Based on the user type, for example, the subsystem blocks access to entire web pages, inactivates particular buttons, hides features, and so forth. Further, the system may modify menus based on the associated login group, by removing from the menus the groups to which the user does not have access.
As an example, the system blocks access to an administrative page that allows users to remove PC profiles for a user who is associated with a user type for which the user type word has the remove profiles rights bit set to zero. Alternatively, the system may allow the user to view the web page but block unauthorized access to the action handler by inactivating the action handler web page that responds to the remove PC profiles submit button.
The system may also show only portions of the administrative web pages to the user. For example, after checking the user's login group the system may limit a data set to include only profiles that are members of the computer group or groups that the viewer can access and any subgroups thereof. Alternatively or in addition, after checking the user's user type, the system may hide certain functionality within a web page and/or block unauthorized user access to linked pages.
For example, a script that constructs a navigation bar 400 (Fig. 4A) on a given web page checks the viewer's user type and includes only the functionality that the viewer is authorized to access, that is, only the functionality that corresponds to the set bits of the user type word that is associated with the user type identifier that is included in the viewer's user login account. As shown in Fig. 4A, the system provides to a user that is a Full Administrator user type a navigation bar that includes a set 402 of Ad- ministration hyperlinks that link to the pages from which the user can gain access to the system features associated with, for example, altering the upload schedule, modifying users, and so forth. '
Referring now also to Fig. 4B, the system presents to a user that is a Profile Administrator user type a navigation bar 400 that has a reduced set of Administration hyperlinks 402. The system thus omits from the navigation bar the hyperlinks associated with the system-wide functions, modify group and modify user rights, which are not associated with the Profile Administrator user type. Similarly, a web page script that constructs a drop-down menu 406 for the selection of groups of interest checks the users login group and includes in the menu only the groups that the user is authorized to access. As discussed, the system includes in the menu the groups that are in the sub-tree that has the user's login group as its root. In the example, the viewer who is the Full Administrator user type has the Company/ login group. As shown in Fig. 4 A, the viewer can readily select any group through the drop-down menu 406, which starts at the Company/ group. The viewer who is the Profile Administrator user type has the Company/East/ Login Group, and the drop-down menu starts at the Company/East/ group, to allow the viewer to select as the current group that particular group or any sub-group thereof.
The user access manager 240 provides further user access security by checking, for each user request submitted, that the user has access rights to both the group data and the system features required to satisfy the request. The user access manager thus checks if the computer group for which an action is requested is one of the groups to which the requester's login group provides access. Further, the user access manager checks that the requester's user type is associated with the user rights required for the requested action. In this way, the user can not gain unauthorized access by sending a request directly to the profile data manager 140 rather than making the request through the customized user interface. The foregoing description has been limited to a specific embodiment of this invention. It will be apparent, however, that variations and modifications may be made to the invention, with the attainment of some or all of its advantages. Therefore, it is the object of the appended claims to cover all such variations and modifications as come within the true spirit and scope of the invention, including using multiple tables to store and maintain the user login accounts, storing pointers to various tables as one or more entries in the user login account records, associating a user name-password pairing with a plurality of login groups, associating multiple login groups and user type pairings with a given user name - password pairing, and utilizing one or more processors to perform any or all the functions performed by the secure user access subsystem.
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text: Homepage chevron_rightBlogchevron_right Post Our Northwest How the Tacoma Dome preps for winter Tuesday, November 11, 2014by Jon Osterberg Story No. 3 in a series Just as you winterize your home, Northwest landmarks get prepped for winter, too. That includes the Tacoma Dome, which is the largest arena with a wooden roof in the world. The Tacoma Dome opened in 1983 and features Douglas fir glulams – wood frames that are laminated and glued together – that support its 152-foot-high, 530-foot-diameter roof. A roof that big sheds lots of water when it rains, so it's no surprise that the Dome drains get inspected every three months, according to Angela Tamajka, Tacoma Dome marketing manager. And in case you wondered, the Dome's roof is not merely plywood. It's coated with EPDM, a rubber membrane that protects the wood by resisting rain, wind, sunlight, freezing, and abrasion. Tamajka listed other winterization chores done by Matt Balk and the Tacoma Dome's operations team. Some of those chores might sound familiar to homeowners: Blow out all irrigation. The Dome parking lot islands and borders have more than 80 sprinkler heads. Inspect and repair any wrap on external pipes. Inspect salt spreaders for walk-up ramps, verify salt inventory. There also are many tires to check. Tires? Yes. The Dome seats up to 23,000 people, and 65% of that seating is moveable, making many configurations possible – from concerts to football games to consumer shows. Perhaps you've driven past the Dome and seen portable sections of seating parked outside, in the north parking lot? Those sections rest on wheels, and each fall Balk's team adjusts the tire pressure in each one. When the Tacoma Dome was built 31 years ago, many saw it as a mini-Kingdome. When the Kingdome was imploded in March 2000, the Tacoma Dome became the largest indoor venue in the Northwest. Share on social media 0

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If routes of change is a success I will be talking to the media very frequently. So far I have only done a handful of interviews and I haven't felt like I've nailed any of them.
My approach to interviews has always been somewhat casual with no predetermined plan as to what I want to get across or how I want to portray myself. I think that will change, but only a little bit. Spontaneity and intuition will always overrule any desire I have to make a specific point.
If I end up sounding foolish or silly at times it is only because I am being honest or silly. I don't like repeating myself all the time so I will have fun with the media, in a respectful way of course. I assume they will want to have fun with me too, like saying that I'm going to have issues finding love because I have no car! Nice one Dan! Or Roger..whoever that was.


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The Adobe CS6 direct download links have leaked and are NOW available at the usual post.
So far I have added CS6 direct download links for the following Adobe products.
Adobe After Effects CS6
Adobe Audition CS6
Adobe Design Standard CS6
Adobe Dreamweaver CS6
Adobe Flash Professional CS6
Adobe Fireworks CS6
Adobe Illustrator CS6
Adobe InCopy CS6
Adobe InDesign CS6
Adobe Master Collection CS6
Adobe Photoshop CS6
Adobe Premiere Pro CS6
Adobe Production Premium CS6
The language codes for the Adobe products are:
LS3 - ko-KR / zh-CN / zh-TW
LS4 - da-DK / de-DE / es-ES / es-MX / fi-FI / fr-FR / fr-CA / it-IT / nb-NO / nl-NL / pt-BR / sv-SE
LS6 - cs-CZ / hu-HU / pl-PL / ro-RO / ru-RU / tr-TR / uk-UA
LS7 - English / French / German / Italian / Japanese / Korean / Spanish
LS16 - en-US / en-GB / ja-JP
I am still verifying that all the products have the correct languages listed. So far this seems correct. If you find a mistake please do let me know so that I can update the list.
Soon there might be more links coming out, however I have chosen to only give you the online links at this moment. As soon as there are more live links the usual post will be updated.
Enjoy your Adobe product trials without having to deal with the dreaded Akamai Download Manager as well as 7 days early to the official release.
Monday, April 30, 2012
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dancersgroup/ONSITE presents
He Moved Swiftly But Gently Down The Not Too Crowded Street
Ed Mock and Other True Tales in a City That Once Was...
Please visit: http://dancersgroup.org/programs_onsite_smith.php for the full performance program with production details, schedule and map.
He Moved Swiftly is a site-specific performance by Amara Tabor-Smith about the life and work of choreographer Ed Mock. Traveling through multiple locations in San Francisco, Tabor-Smith conjures the spirit of Ed: a black, gay artist whose untimely death from AIDS in the 1980's left a lasting impression on her and many of the region's most important artists. Together with composer Anthony Brown, poet Marvin K White, dramaturg Ellen Sebastian Chang and video artist David Szlasa, as well as other special guest artists, Tabor-Smith seeks to tackle questions of legacy in this free performance series presented by Dancers' Group/ONSITE.
Conceived by Amara Tabor-Smith
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Co-Director: Ellen Sebastian Chang
Musical Director: Dr. Anthony Brown
Poet: Marvin K. White
Video Artist: David Szlasa
Lighting Designer: Jose Maria Francos


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Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Guess Jeans Spring/Summer 2012
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Is this using a different yarn? Wool? and a tapestry stitch? Looks fantastic! Completely subverts the male model's look and gesture.ReplyDelete
No, this is still Anchor stranded cotton that I have always used. I started by making lines with a back stitch and then weaved the thread between them. Thanks so much for your comment :DReplyDelete
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Serious, what in the hell. I am sick of reports that talk about these massive benefits of government spending without actually looking at them in context with, you know, opportunity cost.But wait, isn't every dollar we spend on leaky home repair a dollar we don't spend on something else? The dollar for repairs has to come from somewhere, and that somewhere will lose a dollar in spending and thus the government loses gst.
I was annoyed with the way a PWC report was used, and now this release on a Covec report is similarly dodgey. The report is probably fine (although I have not had the good fortune of reading it), and probably defines exactly what they are looking at and why – I have faith in NZ economists. But this:
Williams said the report showed that the Government's contribution to a rescue package should be at least 25 per cent because the tax receipts would make it cost-neutral.
Matt goes on to say,
The only reason to get involved is real externalities, doing a partial eqm analysis and saying the tax take rises involves ignoring where the hell the tax comes from and the opportunity cost. Treasury is right when they say this is neutral.Well said that man, Williams is a b/s artist.


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Cinnamon Coffee Cake Mix/
Guest recipe by Shaina Olmanson
Author of Desserts in Jars: 50 Sweet Treats that Shine
Summary: A good cinnamon coffee cake is not to be messed with. It's the perfect accompaniment to that first cup of java in the morning, and your friends will be grateful when you make its preparation as easy as mixing it and popping it in the oven.
. 2 cups all-purpose flour
. 1 teaspoon baking soda
. 1 teaspoon baking powder
. 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
. ½ cup cinnamon chips
. 1 cup sugar
. Vanilla bean seeds scraped from 1 vanilla bean pod
. ½ cup chopped pecans
Makes 1 jar of cake mix, to yield one 9-inch-square cake
Mix together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and ground cinnamon in a bowl. Place in a 1-quart jar. Top with a layer of cinnamon chips.
2. Mix together the sugar and the vanilla bean seeds and add as a layer in the jar. Top with the chopped pecans. Seal with the lid, decorate the jar if you like, and attach a label with these instructions for the recipient:
. 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
. 2 large eggs
. 1 cup sour cream or Greek-style yogurt
. ¼ cup whole milk
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9-inch square baking pan. Mix together the butter, eggs, and yogurt in a large bowl until well blended. Stir in all the contents of the jar, then slowly stir in the milk. Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly. Serve warm.