FormsAuthenticationUser.Password Property

Definition

Gets or sets the user's password.

public:
 property System::String ^ Password { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };
[System.Configuration.ConfigurationProperty("password", DefaultValue="", IsRequired=true)]
[System.Configuration.StringValidator]
public string Password { get; set; }
[<System.Configuration.ConfigurationProperty("password", DefaultValue="", IsRequired=true)>]
[<System.Configuration.StringValidator>]
member this.Password : string with get, set
Public Property Password As String

Property Value

The user's password required by the application.

Attributes

Examples

The following code example shows how to use the Password property. Refer to the code example in the FormsAuthenticationUser class topic to learn how to get the section.


// Using the Password property.

// Get current password.
string currentPassword = 
    formsAuthenticationUsers[0].Password;

// Set a SHA1 encrypted password.
// This example uses the SHA1 algorithm.
// Due to collision problems with SHA1, Microsoft recommends SHA256 or better.
formsAuthenticationUsers[0].Password =
    "5BAA61E4C9B93F3F0682250B6CF8331B7EE68FD8";
' Using the Password property.
' Get current password.
  Dim currentPassword As String = _
  formsAuthenticationUsers(0).Password

' Set a SHA1 encrypted password.
' This example uses the SHA1 algorithm.
' Due to collision problems with SHA1, Microsoft recommends SHA256 or better.
  formsAuthenticationUsers(0).Password = _
  "5BAA61E4C9B93F3F0682250B6CF8331B7EE68FD8"

Applies to