How to Get Password from Active directory User through C# code

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Hi all,
i want to get Password of a user from Active directory User through C# code. In my application
i am using Active Directory authentication while logging in. if any user forget they password i need to recover that Password.

Please help any ideas or any sample code

Posted 26-May-14 4:17am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-26T05:08:00

In any non-nonsense secured password-based system, no one can ever retrieve a password. Passwords are not stored anywhere; this is absolutely not needed for authentication but unsafe. No one is supposed to know a password, except a person who created it. To understand how it's possible, please see my past answers:
i already encrypt my password but when i log in it gives me an error. how can decrypte it[^],
Decryption of Encrypted Password[^],
storing password value int sql server with secure way[^].

—SA

Dinesh Reghunath · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-26T05:08:00

Solution 2

Just check the below URL. May be helpful.

Working with Active Directory in VB .NET

Posted 26-May-14 5:08am

Dinesh Reghunath

Updated 26-May-14 5:29am

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