ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider.MinRequiredPasswordLength Property
Definition
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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
The minimum length required for a password.
Exceptions
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.