ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider.MinRequiredPasswordLength Property
Assembly: System.Web (in system.web.dll)
'Declaration Public Overrides ReadOnly Property MinRequiredPasswordLength As Integer 'Usage Dim instance As ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider Dim value As Integer value = instance.MinRequiredPasswordLength
/** @property */ public int get_MinRequiredPasswordLength ()
public override function get MinRequiredPasswordLength () : int
Not applicable.
Property Value
The minimum length required for a password.| Exception type | Condition |
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The MinRequiredPasswordLength property is accessed before the ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider instance is initialized. |
The MinRequiredPasswordLength property gets the minimum number of characters that must be entered to create a valid password.
The MinRequiredPasswordLength property value is set in the application configuration using the minRequiredPasswordLength attribute of the membership Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema) configuration element.
The following example shows the membership Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema) configuration element in the system.web section of the application's Web.config file. It specifies that the application use an instance of the ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider class to provide membership services, and sets the minRequiredPasswordLength attribute to seven characters.
<configuration>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="ADService" connectionString="LDAP://ldapServer/" />
</connectionStrings>
<system.web>
<membership defaultProvider="AspNetActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider">
<providers>
<add name="AspNetActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider"
type="System.Web.Security.ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider,
System.Web, Version=2.0.3600, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
minRequiredPasswordLength = "7" />
</providers>
</membership>
</system.web>
</configuration>