MembershipUser class CreateUser password parameter

Question

I'm using the ASP.NET Configuration for my users and their roles. I'm also using the MembershipUser class with its function CreateUser. I have it working, but was curious about something.

When I add a new user and pass this function its password parameter (which in this case is coming from a textbox on the page). It seems like it only finds and accepts that textbox value when it is 6 chars or more. For example, if I type in ab123 it'll say object not set to instance of an object. However if I do abc123 it works fine. Where is that being told to do that. I didn't know if this was something I could change or where it might be doing that.

Thanks.

Answer 1

this is being defined in the web.config

<membership>
            <providers>
                <clear/>
                <add name="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider"
                                 type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" 
                                 connectionStringName="ASPNetMembership"
                                 enablePasswordRetrieval="false" 
                                 enablePasswordReset="true" 
                                 requiresQuestionAndAnswer="false" 
                                 requiresUniqueEmail="false" 
                                 passwordFormat="Hashed" 
                                 maxInvalidPasswordAttempts="5" 
                                 minRequiredPasswordLength="6"   
                                 minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="0"           
                                 passwordAttemptWindow="10" 
                                 passwordStrengthRegularExpression="" 
                                 applicationName="/"/>
            </providers>
        </membership>