VGSecurityManagerResetPassword Method (String)

Note: This API is now obsolete.

Resets a user's password to a new, automatically generated password.

Namespace: Novalys.VisualGuard.Security
Assembly: Novalys.VisualGuard.Security (in Novalys.VisualGuard.Security.dll) Version: 2019.1.831.19 (2019.1.0831.19)

Syntax

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[ObsoleteAttribute("This method is Obsolete")]
public static string ResetPassword(
	string name
)

<ObsoleteAttribute("This method is Obsolete")>
Public Shared Function ResetPassword ( 
	name As String
) As String

Parameters

name: Type: SystemString
The name of the user to reset the password for.

Return Value

Type: String
The new password for the specified user.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	The name is null.
ArgumentException	The name is longer than 64 characters or The name is empty.
VGMembershipPasswordException	The user account is currently locked out or does not exist. - or - The generated password does not pass the password policy validation.
NotSupportedException	RequiresQuestionAndAnswer is not set to true. or EnablePasswordReset is not set to true. or the repository does not support Visual Guard authentication mode.

Reference

VGSecurityManager Class

ResetPassword Overload

Novalys.VisualGuard.Security Namespace

VGSecurityManagerChangePassword(String, String, String, String)

VGSecurityManagerAddLanguageSpecificTextSet("LSTBDE5B939_0?cpp=::|nu=.");ResetPassword Method (String)

Parameters

Return Value

Reference

VGSecurityManagerResetPassword Method (String)