Clears the user's unlocked-out status so that the membership user can be validated.

Namespace:  Novalys.VisualGuard.Security.Membership
Assembly:  Novalys.VisualGuard.Security (in Novalys.VisualGuard.Security.dll) Version: 3.2.912.1 (3.2.912.01)

Syntax

C#
public bool LockUser(
	string username
)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Function LockUser ( _
	username As String _
) As Boolean

Parameters

username
Type: System..::.String
The name of the membership user to clear the unlocked-out status for.

Return Value

true if the membership user was successfully locked; otherwise, false. A value of false is also returned if the user does not exist in the database.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
System..::.ArgumentException username is an empty string, is longer than 64 characters, or contains invalid characters ('\', '/', '?', '*', '%', ';', ''', '"', ':', '|', '[', ']', '+', '=', ',').
System..::.ArgumentNullException username is null.
System.Security..::.SecurityExceptionThe current user does not have enough privileges to use Membership API. The Membership access level of the application must be sufficient to allows this action or the 'Membership Manager' role must be granted to the user by using the Visual Guard console.

See Also