Verifies that the supplied user name and password are valid.

Namespace: Novalys.VisualGuard.Security
Assembly: Novalys.VisualGuard.Security (in Novalys.VisualGuard.Security.dll) Version: 2016.0.105.16 (2016.0.105.16)

Syntax

C#
public VGAuthenticationState ValidateUser(
	string username,
	string password,
	VGAuthenticationMode mode
)
Visual Basic
Public Function ValidateUser ( 
	username As String,
	password As String,
	mode As VGAuthenticationMode
) 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.
mode
Type: Novalys.VisualGuard.Security..::..VGAuthenticationMode
A VGAuthenticationMode value indicating the authentication mode used to validate the user.

Return Value

Type: VGAuthenticationState
a 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

ExceptionCondition
System..::..ArgumentNullExceptionusername or password is null.
System..::..ArgumentExceptionusername is empty or contains invalid chars ('\', '/', '?', '*', '%', ';', ''', '"', ':', '|', '[', ']', '+', '=', ',').

or

username or password is longer than 64 characters.
Novalys.VisualGuard.Security..::..VGConfigurationExceptionThe 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.

See Also