diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 49f365f6ac..087b233083 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -369,3 +369,10 @@ Bruce 12 Jan 2006
     sched/
         file_upload_handler.C
 
+David  12 Jan 2006
+    - Web RPC: fixed bug in am_set_info.php that caused password_hash
+        to not update.
+        (from Willy de Zutter)
+
+    html/user/
+        am_set_info.php
diff --git a/html/user/am_set_info.php b/html/user/am_set_info.php
index e54d618fbb..3e4946e1c2 100644
--- a/html/user/am_set_info.php
+++ b/html/user/am_set_info.php
@@ -88,19 +88,20 @@ if ($email_addr && $email_addr!=$user->email_addr) {
     $query .= " email_addr='$email_addr', ";
 }
 if ($password_hash) {
-    $password_hash .= " password_hash='$password_hash', ";
+    $query .= " passwd_hash='$password_hash', ";
 }
 
 // the seti_id=seti_id is to make it legal if no fields updated
 //
-$result = mysql_query("update user set $query seti_id=seti_id where id=$user->id");
+$query = "update user set $query seti_id=seti_id where id=$user->id";
+$result = mysql_query($query);
 if ($result) {
     if ($old_email_addr) {
         send_verify_email($old_email_addr, $email_addr, $user);
     }
     success("");
 } else {
-    error("database error");
+    error("database error: ".mysql_error());
 }
 
 ?>