Question

Is it possible to control the format of the password that is automatically generated by a call to MembershipUser.ResetPassword()?

I want to be able to allow or not allow certain special characters in the generated password.

I am using the SqlMembershipProvider with a password format of Hashed.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Have a look at this article – Changing the autogenerated password format in the SqlMembershipProvider.

I came up with a quick way to hack the SqlMembershipProvider to generate less complex passwords, and it was as simple as creating a new provider class that inherits from SqlMembershipProvider, then overriding the GeneratePassword method.

This is not a fully resolved solution but it might help.