Question

In my admin page i am trying to get the Users UserName, Password, and Email to repopulate controls when the admin clicks a user name from a gridview. I can’t seem to get the password though as it is requiring a parameter(password answer) that i can’t find.

I’m using the stored procedures of the ASPNETDB database.

 For Each usr As MembershipUser In Membership.GetAllUsers()
     Debug.Print(usr.Email)
     Debug.Print(usr.UserName)
     Debug.Print(usr.GetPassword("")) 'This line errors out
 Next

Answer 1

You have to turn on the Membership.EnablePasswordRetrieval Property. Here’s the example configuration from MSDN:

<membership defaultProvider="SqlProvider" userIsOnlineTimeWindow="20">
  <providers>
    <add name="SqlProvider"
      type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider"
      connectionStringName="SqlServices"
      enablePasswordRetrieval="true"
      enablePasswordReset="false"
      requiresQuestionAndAnswer="false"
      passwordFormat="Encrypted"
      applicationName="MyApplication" />
  </providers>
</membership>

Note that the line enablePasswordRetrieval="true" is what you should check for in the membership section of the system.web section of the Web.config file for your ASP.NET application.