IdentitySection.Password Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.Configuration

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

Important

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Gets or sets a value indicating the password to use for impersonation.

public:
 property System::String ^ Password { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

[System.Configuration.ConfigurationProperty("password", DefaultValue="")]
public string Password { get; set; }

[<System.Configuration.ConfigurationProperty("password", DefaultValue="")>]
member this.Password : string with get, set

Public Property Password As String

Property Value

String

The password to use for impersonation.

Attributes: ConfigurationPropertyAttribute

Examples

The following code example shows how to access the Password property. Refer to the code example of the IdentitySection class to learn how to access the section.

// Get the Password property value.
string currentPassword = identitySection.Password;

// Set the Password property value.
identitySection.Password = "userPassword";

' Get the Password property value.
Dim currentPassword As String = identitySection.Password

' Set the Password property value.
identitySection.Password = "userPassword"

Remarks

Because the password is stored in clear text, an authenticated user with proper credentials on the domain where the server resides can read it.

Note

For security reasons, the identity section supports storage of the encrypted UserName and Password.

Applies to