MembershipProvider.ChangePassword(String, String, String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.Security

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

Assembly:: System.Web.ApplicationServices.dll

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Processes a request to update the password for a membership user.

public:
 abstract bool ChangePassword(System::String ^ username, System::String ^ oldPassword, System::String ^ newPassword);

public abstract bool ChangePassword (string username, string oldPassword, string newPassword);

abstract member ChangePassword : string * string * string -> bool

Public MustOverride Function ChangePassword (username As String, oldPassword As String, newPassword As String) As Boolean

Parameters

username: String

The user to update the password for.

oldPassword: String

The current password for the specified user.

newPassword: String

The new password for the specified user.

Returns

Boolean

true if the password was updated successfully; otherwise, false.

Examples

For an example of a MembershipProvider implementation, see Implementing a Profile Provider.

Remarks

Takes, as input, a user name, a current password, and a new password, and updates the password in the data source if the supplied user name and current password are valid.

Applies to

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