Hi to everyone;

   Hey guys its very simple and few lines question.. please answer....

   I am using aspnetdb to manage roles and webpart application. in my web.config  i am using

  and I am sure that I can not change it to "clear" or "Encrypted."...

 (1)   my question is..... Is there any way to retrive the password in plain text and send it to user,

   (2) can i use something like Passwordrecovery control of asp.net 2.0 ????

    (3) or can I use getpassword() or getpassword("PasswordAnswer") function of memebership... if user enters the correct PasswordAnswer?

 (4) Is that true that if    passwordFormat is set to "Hashed", and bychance user forgets the password... there is no way to get it back either by Admin or user???

Thanks in Advance,

please reply

Sorry, but a hashed password is not reversible.

I'm not sure, but I think the password recovery control will allocate a random password and email it to the user if you are hashing the password.

James_2JS:

Sorry, but a hashed password is not reversible.

I'm not sure, but I think the password recovery control will allocate a random password and email it to the user if you are hashing the password.

Yes, hashed password is not reversible, and it cannot be retrieved. However you can reset user password.

The PasswordRecovery control in ASP.NET 2.0 provides the functionality to retrieve or reset a user's password based on their user name. The information is then emailed to the user. The control does not support displaying the password to the user in their web browser. And you can tell the control whether to recovery or reset password. I would recommend using this control to manage user password.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.passwordrecovery.aspx