How to reset user's password without having to use PasswordRecovery

[Homer]

Hi,

I want to be able to reset a user's password and I do not want to use
the PasswordRecovery control to reset and email it to the user. A
while back, I thought I'd read an article that mentioned about
resetting password using the Website Administration Tool. I could not
find such option in WSAT. Please help!

Thanks,
Jon

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

The MembershipUser object has a ChangePassword method. It also has a
ResetPassword method, but the ResetPassword will generate one randomly. What
you can do though is obtain an instance of the user via their username

MembershipUser user = System.Web.Security.Membership.GetUser(username);
To change the password you need to know the old password, though if you call
resetpassword it will return the newly reset password string so you can do:

user.ChangePassword(user.ResetPassword(),"mynewpas sword);

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

"Homer" <Ho*******@gmail.comwrote in message
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Hi,

I want to be able to reset a user's password and I do not want to use
the PasswordRecovery control to reset and email it to the user. A
while back, I thought I'd read an article that mentioned about
resetting password using the Website Administration Tool. I could not
find such option in WSAT. Please help!

Thanks,
Jon

[Homer]

On Aug 7, 4:20 pm, "Mark Fitzpatrick" <[e-mail]:

The MembershipUser object has a ChangePassword method. It also has a
ResetPassword method, but the ResetPassword will generate one randomly. What
you can do though is obtain an instance of the user via their username

MembershipUser user = System.Web.Security.Membership.GetUser(username);

To change the password you need to know the old password, though if you call
resetpassword it will return the newly reset password string so you can do:

user.ChangePassword(user.ResetPassword(),"mynewpas sword);

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

"Homer" <[e-mail] in message

news:11**********************@g12g2000prg.googlegr oups.com...

Hi,

I want to be able to reset a user's password and I do not want to use
the PasswordRecovery control to reset and email it to the user. A
while back, I thought I'd read an article that mentioned about
resetting password using the Website Administration Tool. I could not
find such option in WSAT. Please help!

Thanks,
Jon- Hide quoted text -

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Thank you Mark. I'll implement your suggestion now.