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FormsAuthenticationConfiguration::Credentials Property

Gets the FormsAuthenticationCredentials collection of user names and passwords.

Namespace:  System.Web.Configuration
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

[ConfigurationPropertyAttribute(L"credentials")]
public:
property FormsAuthenticationCredentials^ Credentials {
	FormsAuthenticationCredentials^ get ();
}

Property Value

Type: System.Web.Configuration::FormsAuthenticationCredentials
A FormsAuthenticationCredentials collection that contains the user names and passwords.

The Credentials property gets the user names and passwords to use during forms-based authentication.

NoteNote

When security is required, you should use alternative ways of storing the user names and passwords; for example, in a database store. If you decide to use this collection, you should use the provided encryption facility.

The following code example shows how to access the Credentials property. Refer to the code example in the FormsAuthenticationConfiguration class topic to learn how to get the section.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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