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SqlMembershipProvider.UnlockUser Method
Visual Studio 2010
Clears the user's locked-out status so that the membership user can be validated.
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
abstract UnlockUser : username:string -> bool override UnlockUser : username:string -> bool
Parameters
- username
- Type: System.String
The name of the membership user to clear the locked-out status for.
Return Value
Type: System.Booleantrue if the membership user was successfully unlocked; otherwise, false. A value of false is also returned if the user does not exist in the database.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| System.ArgumentException | username is an empty string, is longer than 256 characters, or contains a comma. |
| System.ArgumentNullException | username is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic). |
Users are most commonly locked out and cannot be validated by the ValidateUser method when the MaxInvalidPasswordAttempts is exceeded within the PasswordAttemptWindow.
Leading and trailing spaces are trimmed from the username parameter value.
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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