How to set less restrive passwords for the CreateUserWizard control?

[Ron]

I am using the CreateUserWizard control in my asp.net2.0 app.
For my needs the enforced password strenght is to strong; I want to
allow users to be able to create
passwords with only text and not force them to use a non-alfanumeric
character as well as a digit.

Setting the EmailRegularExpression property to a less restrictive
regular expression doesn't work because the password is evaluated FIRST
by the membership provider before it's evaluated by the control. Now I
want o change the regular expression used by the membership provider
but I can't see how. All MembershipProvider password related properties
are ReadOnly.

How can I set change the default membershipprovider password regular
expression in order to allow weaker passwords?

Ronald van Aalten

[Joshua Flanagan]

You need to configure the Membership provider in your web.config file.
The passwordStrengthRegularExpression property seems like the obvious
solution, but unfortunately, it is not.

The properties you care about are:
minRequiredPasswordLength
minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters

Example:
<membership defaultProvider="YourSqlProvider">
<providers>
<add
name="YourSqlProvider"
type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider"
connectionStringName="SqlServices"
minRequiredPasswordLength="6"
minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="0"
/>
</providers>
</membership>
Joshua Flanagan
http://flimflan.com/blog