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Workspace Notes
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 16, 2025

Paste password in HCL Notes client login field

In our organization we are implementing a password security policy based on 1Password. According to this policy, users are required to generate and change their passwords every three months. These passwords are strong, containing at least 14 alphanumeric characters.

While working with the HCL Notes thick client, we noticed that in the login field (password entry field) it is not possible to paste a password. This creates difficulties, as very complex passwords are hard to type manually. The same issue occurs during password change – it is not possible to paste a newly generated password from 1Password.

We need the function of paste into the password field of the HCL Notes client, both when logging in and when changing the password.

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  • Guest
    Sep 30, 2025

    Security is one area where Notes still beats it's competitors. Please don't implement this as it makes Notes less secure.

  • Guest
    Sep 28, 2025

    Yes typing in the password is painful. But this is a day one design decision for security reasons to keep the Notes password dialog secure. This includes the changing images you see to make clear when a password is entered and for users to remember the pattern to see when something changed in the back-end and someone tries to spoof the password dialog.

    Allowing to past a password into the Notes password dialog would make it less secure.
    IMHO using a password manger to past in passwords is not a secure pattern in general.

    There are better ways to accomplish single sign on today with the Notes client.
    The idea would be to avoid passwords in the first place.

    Notes Shared Login (NSL) binds the Notes.ID to your Windows account and is the more solid approach.
    On the Mac there is key chain integration for the Notes password.

    I vote explicitly against this idea from security point of view!


    Daniel Nashed [https://blog.nashcom.de]




  • Guest
    Sep 23, 2025

    Hello, can you not setup "auto-type" feature in 1Password? (https://support.1password.com/windows-auto-type/)

    I use that kind of feature in password manager "KeePassXC" and it does work on the Notes login dialog box. I find it more convenient than the copy-paste which is always "limited" in time in the clipboard