System.NotSupportedException: Specified method is not supported

Question

Is it possible to get the password of a user? How, please? When I've tried this code :

WebSecurity.InitializeDatabaseConnection("nectarys-pc.MonitoringN.dbo", "Superviseur", "UserId", "matricule", autoCreateTables: true);
var membership = (SimpleMembershipProvider)Membership.Provider;
model.motDePasse = membership.GetUser(superviseur.matricule, false).GetPassword();

This exception appears in the last line :

System.NotSupportedException: Specified method is not supported.

How to deal this?

Note that superviseur.matricule is not the source of the problem.

Answer 1

As per MSDN - If EnablePasswordRetrieval in web.config is false, a NotSupportedException exception is thrown.

Check this resource to find out how to set enablePasswordReset in Web.config

Answer 2

Checking MSDN for GetPassword shows you that it throws the System.NotSupportedException when "EnablePasswordRetrieval is false."

You can change EnablePasswordRetrieval in your web.config