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What it does

Resets a user’s password.

Definition

bool ChangePassword( string userName, string oldPassword, string newPassword );

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
userNamestringUser name
oldPasswordstringOld password value (unencrypted)
newPasswordstringNew password value
Sample code for calculating the password hash:
public static string GetPasswordHashWithSalt( string login, string password )
        {
            string salt = GetPasswordSha256Hash(login.ToUpper());
            return GetPasswordSha256Hash(password + salt);
        }
        private static string GetPasswordSha256Hash( string password )
        {
            Encoding enc = Encoding.GetEncoding("UTF-16");
            byte[] buffer = enc.GetBytes(password);
            var cryptoTransformSHA256 = new SHA256CryptoServiceProvider();
            string hash = BitConverter.ToString(cryptoTransformSHA256.ComputeHash(buffer)).Replace("-", "");
            return hash;
        }

Returned value

Type

Description

bool

  • ”false” if the password has not been reset. For example, the old password didn’t match the new password
  • ”true” if the password has been successfully reset