MembershipProvider.ResetPassword Method
Resets a user's password to a new, automatically generated password.
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
'Declaration Public MustOverride Function ResetPassword ( _ username As String, _ answer As String _ ) As String 'Usage Dim instance As MembershipProvider Dim username As String Dim answer As String Dim returnValue As String returnValue = instance.ResetPassword(username, _ answer)
Parameters
- username
- Type: System.String
The user to reset the password for.
- answer
- Type: System.String
The password answer for the specified user.
Takes, as input, a user name and a password answer and generates a new, random password for the specified user.
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The random password created by the ResetPassword method is not guaranteed to pass the regular expression in the PasswordStrengthRegularExpression property. However, the random password will meet the criteria established by the MinRequiredPasswordLength and MinRequiredNonAlphanumericCharacters properties |
The ResetPassword method updates the user information in the data source with the new password value and returns the new password as a string. A convenient mechanism for generating a random password is the GeneratePassword method.
ResetPassword ensures that the EnablePasswordReset flag is set to true before performing any action. If EnablePasswordReset is false, a NotSupportedException exception is thrown.
ResetPassword also checks the value of the RequiresQuestionAndAnswer property. If RequiresQuestionAndAnswer is true, ResetPassword checks the value of the supplied answer parameter against the stored password answer in the data source. If they do not match, a MembershipPasswordException exception is thrown.
For an example of a MembershipProvider implementation, see Implementing a Profile Provider.
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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