IProcessSecurityContext.SecurePassword Property

Gets or sets the password (as a SecureString object) for the Microsoft Windows security account specified in the Login property.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo (in microsoft.sqlserver.rmo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Property SecurePassword As SecureString
SecureString SecurePassword { get; set; }
property SecureString^ SecurePassword {
    SecureString^ get ();
    void set (SecureString^ value);
}
/** @property */
SecureString get_SecurePassword ()

/** @property */
void set_SecurePassword (SecureString value)
function get SecurePassword () : SecureString

function set SecurePassword (value : SecureString)

Property Value

A SecureString object that is an empty string.

Remarks

SecurePassword is only used when setting passwords. The actual password is never returned.

You should use SecurePassword instead of Password to provide better security for the password while it exists in memory.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

See Also

Reference

IProcessSecurityContext Interface
IProcessSecurityContext Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication Namespace