Hi Pete,

I think that store passwords in clear text should be the last resource. Its true, doesn't seem that we have a method to return the the hashed passwords. On a project with similar functionality I end up using the reset password method creating a random strong password and send this to the users.

Hope this helps you.

Regards,

João Ferreira

Hi Pete,

You can reset a password for the member and email it to them using the following steps:

1. Use Membership.GeneratePassword() to generate a new random password
2. Encrypt the new password and save it to the member object e.g. member.Password = EncryptPassword(newPassword) - a trick here is to use the existing umbraco users membership provider which has a method to Encode the password
3. Email the member their new password
4. For bonus points you can redirect the user to the Change Password page when they log in from you emailed link (using a parameter on the link, or by setting a flag on the member account)

        private static string EncryptPassword(string password)

        {

            var ump = new umbraco.providers.UsersMembershipProvider();

            return ump.EncodePassword(password);

        }

As others have said, never store passwords in clear text. Generate a new one for the user, and let him change it himself. 

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