SimpleMembershipProvider.ResetPassword(String, String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: WebMatrix.WebData

Assembly:: WebMatrix.WebData.dll

Package:: Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages.WebData v3.2.6

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Resets the password for a user account to a new, automatically generated password.

public override string ResetPassword (string username, string answer);

override this.ResetPassword : string * string -> string

Public Overrides Function ResetPassword (username As String, answer As String) As String

Parameters

username: String

The user account to reset the password for.

answer: String

The answer to the security question for the new user.

Returns

String

The new password for the specified user account.

Exceptions

NotSupportedException

EnablePasswordReset is false.

MembershipPasswordException

answer does not match the security answer for the user account in the membership table and RequiresQuestionAndAnswer is true.

Applies to