ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider.MinRequiredPasswordLength Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.Security

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Gets the minimum length required for a password.

public:
 virtual property int MinRequiredPasswordLength { int get(); };

public override int MinRequiredPasswordLength { get; }

member this.MinRequiredPasswordLength : int

Public Overrides ReadOnly Property MinRequiredPasswordLength As Integer

Property Value

Int32

The minimum length required for a password.

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException

The MinRequiredPasswordLength property is accessed before the ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider instance is initialized.

Examples

The following example shows the membership Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema) configuration element in the system.web section of the application's Web.config file. It specifies that the application use an instance of the ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider class to provide membership services, and sets the minRequiredPasswordLength attribute to seven characters.

<configuration>
  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="ADService" connectionString="LDAP://ldapServer/" />
  </connectionStrings>
  <system.web>
    <membership defaultProvider="AspNetActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider">
      <providers>
        <add name="AspNetActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider"
          type="System.Web.Security.ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider,
          System.Web, Version=2.0.3600, Culture=neutral,
          PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
          minRequiredPasswordLength = "7" />

      </providers>
    </membership>
  </system.web>
</configuration>

Remarks

The MinRequiredPasswordLength property gets the minimum number of characters that must be entered to create a valid password.

The MinRequiredPasswordLength property value is set in the application configuration using the minRequiredPasswordLength attribute of the membership Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema) configuration element.

Applies to

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