AuthenticablePrincipal.SetPassword(String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement

Assembly:

System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.dll

Package:

System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement v9.0.0

Source:

AuthenticablePrincipal.cs

Sets the account password to the specified value.

public:
 void SetPassword(System::String ^ newPassword);

public void SetPassword (string newPassword);

member this.SetPassword : string -> unit

Public Sub SetPassword (newPassword As String)

Parameters

newPassword

String

The new password.

Exceptions

PasswordException

Throws an exception if the caller does not have appropriate rights, the new password does not meet password complexity requirements, or for any other reason that the underlying stores reject the password change.