I am a little confused. I wil be deploying the site to a hosted/shared web
server. I will not be able to make changes to the machine.config for obvious
reasons. If I modify the existing provider in my app, do the changes apply
only to my app? Honestly, this is an area where I have very little experience.
"Dominick Baier [DevelopMentor]" wrote:
> hi,
>
> this does NOT require a custom provider - just configure the existing one
> appropriately.
>
> ---------------------------------------
> Dominick Baier - DevelopMentor
> http://www.leastprivilege.com
>
> > Basically, this requires a custom provider. By copying from the
> > machine.config I am saving some time/effort in doing so.
> >
> > "Dominick Baier [DevelopMentor]" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> just give the provider a new name or add a <clear /> element to the
> >> <providers>
> >> section - otherwise you'll have a naming conflict.
> >> ---------------------------------------
> >> Dominick Baier - DevelopMentor
> >> http://www.leastprivilege.com
> >>> I assume that copying this element to the application web.config and
> >>> modifying attributes will safely override for the app. only. The
> >>> app is being deployed to a shared server, so I cannot do anything to
> >>> the machine.config.
> >>>
> >>> "Dominick Baier [DevelopMentor]" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> look at the <membership> element in machine.config - you can
> >>>> configure that there machine wide - otherwise copy the config
> >>>> element to your local web.config.
> >>>>
> >>>> ---------------------------------------
> >>>> Dominick Baier - DevelopMentor
> >>>> http://www.leastprivilege.com
> >>>>> I have just started with ASP.NET 2.0 using VS.NET 2005 with SQL
> >>>>> 2005. I have installed the aspnetdb and I am trying to setup a
> >>>>> Logon page with a test user. When I tried to create the test user
> >>>>> in the WAT I found that the password was not accepted because it
> >>>>> did not contain a non-alphanumeric character. My users will
> >>>>> resist using extremely strong passwords. Many will not understand
> >>>>> the concept. Therefore, I need to set this to zero. How can I do
> >>>>> this?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have a reference that points me to the application web.config
> >>>>> file but this seems to apply to a custom membership provider. I
> >>>>> do not need to a custom provider. I only want to avoid requiring
> >>>>> non-alphanumeric characters in passwords. Later, I may want to
> >>>>> setup my own regular expression as well.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks for any guidance on this.
> >>>>>
>
>
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