Verifies that the supplied user name and password are valid by using the authentication mode VisualGuard or Database mode.
Namespace: Novalys.VisualGuard.SecurityAssembly: Novalys.VisualGuard.Security (in Novalys.VisualGuard.Security.dll) Version: 2016.0.105.16 (2016.0.105.16)
Syntax
C# |
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public VGAuthenticationState ValidateUser( string username, string password ) |
Visual Basic |
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Public Function ValidateUser ( username As String, password As String ) As VGAuthenticationState |
Parameters
- username
- Type: System..::..String
The name of the user to be validated.
- password
- Type: System..::..String
The password for the specified user.
Return Value
Type: VGAuthenticationStatea VGAuthenticationState indicating if the validation succeeds or not.
Remarks
This method do not changes the Principal property or the AuthenticationState property. You must use the method Authenticate(String, String, VGAuthenticationMode) to authenticate the current user.
Exceptions
Exception | Condition |
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System..::..ArgumentNullException | username or password is null. |
System..::..ArgumentException | username is empty or contains invalid chars ('\', '/', '?', '*', '%', ';', ''', '"', ':', '|', '[', ']', '+', '=', ',').
or user or password is longer than 64 characters. |
Novalys.VisualGuard.Security..::..VGConfigurationException | The configuration file is not valid
or A problem occurs during the connection to the repository.or The version of the repository or the version of the permissions is not supported by the application. |
System..::..NotSupportedException | the repository does not support the VisualGuard or Database mode. |