2.1.4.12 RequiresQuestionAndAnswer

This property gets a value indicating whether the membership provider is configured in such a way that it requires the user to answer a password question for password reset and retrieval.

Declaration

// C#
public override bool RequiresQuestionAndAnswer{get;}

Property Value

Returns true, if a password answer is required for password reset and retrieval; otherwise, returns false. The default value is true.

Remarks

To customize a membership provider, ASP.NET developers can set a Boolean value for this property through the web.config file by using the requiresQuestionAndAnswer attribute. The value indicates whether users must supply a password answer in order to retrieve their password using the GetPassword method, or reset their password using the ResetPassword method. The attribute name in the configuration file is case-sensitive.