IUpdateServerConfiguration.SetProxyPassword(String)

Article
06/29/2006

Specifies the password to use when accessing the proxy server.

public void SetProxyPassword(
  String password
);

Public Sub SetProxyPassword( _
  ByVal password As String _
)
Implements IUpdateServerConfiguration.SetProxyPassword

Parameters

password
Password to use when accessing the proxy server.

Return Values

This method has no return values.

Exceptions

Exception type	Condition
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException	password cannot be greater than 255 characters.
System.ArgumentNullException	password cannot be null.

Remarks

WSUS securely encrypts the password for security reasons before storing the password in the database.

You cannot retrieve the password, you can only set it. To determine if the password is set, call IUpdateServerConfiguration.HasProxyPassword. To remove the password, set password to an empty string (String.Empty).

User credentials are used only if IUpdateServerConfiguration.UseProxy is true and IUpdateServerConfiguration.AnonymousProxyAccess is false.

Requirements

Server	Requires Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 Server SP4 and later.
Namespace	Defined in Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.
Assembly	Requires Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration (in Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.dll).
.NET Framework	Requires .NET Framework 1.1.