Windows forms authentication accessing maxInvalidPasswordAttempts tries left

Question

Hi

In my web config file the maxInvalidPasswordAttempts is set to 3.

I have a change password form which allows the user to enter their security answer 3 times before the account locks out.

However i was wondering if its possible to pull out the number of tries left in order to display a relevant error message when the user tries for the third time.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance for your help.

Answer 1

You could keep the number of remaining tries in a Session variable, as is done here