diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Account.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Account.pm
index 0c03c2317..1b95d1511 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Account.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Account.pm
@@ -509,16 +509,11 @@ sub www_updateAccount {
         if ($session{user}{userId} != 1) {
         	if ($session{form}{identifier1} ne "password") {
 			$error = _hasBadPassword($session{form}{identifier1},$session{form}{identifier2});
-        		unless ($error) {
-                		$encryptedPassword = Digest::MD5::md5_base64($session{form}{identifier1});
-				$passwordStatement = ', identifier='.quote($encryptedPassword);
-			}
 		}
 		$error .= _hasBadUsername($session{form}{username});
         	if ($error eq "") {
 			$u = WebGUI::User->new($session{user}{userId});
-                	$encryptedPassword = Digest::MD5::md5_base64($session{form}{identifier1});
-			$u->identifier($encryptedPassword) if ($session{form}{identifier1} ne "password");
+			$u->identifier(Digest::MD5::md5_base64($session{form}{identifier1})) if ($session{form}{identifier1} ne "password");
 			$u->username($session{form}{username});
                 	$output .= WebGUI::International::get(81).'<p>';
         	} else {
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Group.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Group.pm
index b4bcdc00c..5ee58b58c 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Group.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Group.pm
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ sub www_manageGroupsInGroup {
         $f = WebGUI::HTMLForm->new;
         $f->hidden("op","addGroupsToGroupSave");
         $f->hidden("gid",$session{form}{gid});
-        @array = WebGUI::SQL->buildArray("select groupId from groupGroupings where inGroup=$session{form}{gid}");
+        @array = WebGUI::SQL->buildArray("select groupId from groupGroupings where inGroup='$session{form}{gid}'");
 	push(@array,$session{form}{gid});
      #   push(@array,1); #visitors
      #   push(@array,2); #registered users
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Privilege.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Privilege.pm
index eed84091a..b3516189c 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Privilege.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Privilege.pm
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ sub isInGroup {
 		}
         }                                       
 	### Check for groups of groups.
-	@data = WebGUI::SQL->buildArray("select groupId from groupGroupings where inGroup=$gid");
+	@data = WebGUI::SQL->buildArray("select groupId from groupGroupings where inGroup='$gid'");
 	foreach $groupId (@data) {
 		$session{isInGroup}{$groupId} = isInGroup($groupId, $uid);
 		if ($session{isInGroup}{$groupId}) {
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/User.pm b/lib/WebGUI/User.pm
index db18f1692..663cfbe6e 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/User.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/User.pm
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ use WebGUI::Authentication;
 
  $authMethod =		$u->authMethod("WebGUI");
  $dateCreated = 	$u->dateCreated;
- $identifier = 		$u->identifier("somepassword");
  $karma = 		$u->karma;
  $lastUpdated = 	$u->lastUpdated;
  $languagePreference = 	$u->profileField("language",1);
@@ -166,25 +165,15 @@ sub deleteFromGroups {
 }
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-=head2 identifier ( [ value ] )
-
- Returns the password for this user.
-
-=item value
-
- If specified, the identifier is set to this value. 
-
-=cut
-
+# This method is depricated and is provided only for reverse compatibility. See WebGUI::Authentication instead.
 sub identifier {
         my ($class, $value);
         $class = shift;
         $value = shift;
         if (defined $value) {
                 $class->{_user}{"identifier"} = $value;
-                WebGUI::SQL->write("update users set identifier=".quote($value).",
-                        lastUpdated=".time()." where userId=$class->{_userId}");
+                WebGUI::SQL->write("update authentication set fieldData=".quote($value)."
+                        where userId=$class->{_userId} and authMethod='WebGUI' and fieldName='identifier'");
         }
         return $class->{_user}{"identifier"};
 }