An information processing apparatus includes processors and memories to store a plurality of instructions which cause the processors to store, in the memories, usage authority information associating, for each of users, user information identifying the user with authority information. The authority information associates, for each of image forming apparatuses, device information identifying the image forming apparatus with function information indicating function of the image forming apparatus allowed to be executed or restricted from being executed. Based on success of an authentication process for a login request from the user to the image forming apparatus, The processor specifies the function information corresponding to the device information of the image forming apparatus as the login request source, using the usage authority information corresponding to the user information of the user, creates response information set with the specified function information, and sends the created response information to the image forming apparatus.