ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider.GetPassword(String, String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.Security

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Returns the password of the specified user from the database. The ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider class does not support this method.

public:
 override System::String ^ GetPassword(System::String ^ username, System::String ^ passwordAnswer);

public override string GetPassword (string username, string passwordAnswer);

override this.GetPassword : string * string -> string

Public Overrides Function GetPassword (username As String, passwordAnswer As String) As String

Parameters

username: String

The user to retrieve the password for.

passwordAnswer: String

The password answer for the user.

Returns

String

Always throws a NotSupportedException exception.

Exceptions

NotSupportedException

The ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider does not support password retrieval.

Remarks

The ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider class does not support returning the user's password.

Applies to