diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5846689ab..d590e1e9a 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ $Source$
 2001-12-10  Loïc Chapeaux  <lolo@phpheaven.net>
 	* libraries/display_tbl.lib.php3, line 518: fixed bug #490951 - sorting
 	  row. Thanks to an anonymous user.
+	* libraries/auth:
+	  - basic.auth.lib.php3, line 107: fixed an horrible parse error;
+	  - cookie.auth.lib.php3: beautified a bit the display.
 
 2001-12-09  Loïc Chapeaux  <lolo@phpheaven.net>
 	* read_dump.php3; libraries/build_dump.lib.php3: sending the "fake" header
diff --git a/libraries/auth/basic.auth.lib.php3 b/libraries/auth/basic.auth.lib.php3
index b356da2e5..e00d43c3f 100644
--- a/libraries/auth/basic.auth.lib.php3
+++ b/libraries/auth/basic.auth.lib.php3
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ h1       {font-family: <?php echo $right_font_family; ?>; font-size: <?php echo
     <h1><?php echo sprintf($GLOBALS['strWelcome'], ' phpMyAdmin ' . PMA_VERSION); ?></h1>
 </center>
 <br />
-        ?>
+        <?php
         echo "\n";
         PMA_mysqlDie($conn_error, $local_query, FALSE);
 
diff --git a/libraries/auth/cookie.auth.lib.php3 b/libraries/auth/cookie.auth.lib.php3
index 7b77380bb..acf27ad88 100644
--- a/libraries/auth/cookie.auth.lib.php3
+++ b/libraries/auth/cookie.auth.lib.php3
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ if (!defined('PMA_COOKIE_AUTH_INCLUDED')) {
 <!--
 body     {font-family: <?php echo $right_font_family; ?>; font-size: <?php echo $font_size; ?>; color: #000000}
 form     {font-family: <?php echo $right_font_family; ?>; font-size: <?php echo $font_size; ?>; font-weight: bold}
+td       {font-family: <?php echo $right_font_family; ?>; font-size: <?php echo $font_size; ?>; font-weight: bold}
 h1       {font-family: <?php echo $right_font_family; ?>; font-size: <?php echo $font_bigger; ?>; font-weight: bold}
 .warning {font-family: <?php echo $right_font_family; ?>; font-size: <?php echo $font_size; ?>; font-weight: bold; color: #FF0000}
 //-->
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ h1       {font-family: <?php echo $right_font_family; ?>; font-size: <?php echo
     <tr>
         <td align="<?php echo $cell_align; ?>"><?php echo $GLOBALS['strLogPassword']; ?>&nbsp;</td>
         <td align="<?php echo $cell_align; ?>">
-            <input type="text" name="pma_password" value="" size="24" onfocus="this.select()" />
+            <input type="password" name="pma_password" value="" size="24" onfocus="this.select()" />
         </td>
     </tr>
     <tr>