Can't paste password in "connect to server" login box

I need to connect to a webDAV site that assigns temporary login passwords to my established ID. (The temp password lasts 8 hours and is 30+ characters long.)
In Leopard 10.5.6, I can't copy the assigned password from the resulting web page and paste it into the "connect to server" login password box. I can, however, paste the password into a text file. (Can't paste that into the box either.)
Pasting the password works with a Tiger installation on another machine and with a crappy XP laptop. I've tried to use it on my Leopard installation in a brand new account with no luck either.
Huh?

Catherine,
You can provide feedback to Apple on that issue if you wish. http://www.apple.com/feedback/
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