debug AuthComponent in cakephp 2.4 - cakephp

Question

I baked a cakephp application with a users table, and I'm trying to get authentication to work using the Blowfish hash. My password field is a varchar(255), so it should be long enough to store the hash. Everything in the app is the default baked output, expect for what follows.
This issue is that I can't log in after creating a user; I always get "Access Denied". What's the best way of troubleshooting this?
AppController.php
App::uses('Controller', 'Controller');
class AppController extends Controller {
public function beforeFilter(){
$this->Auth->allow('index', 'view');
}
public $components = array(
'Session',
'Auth' => array(
'authenticate' => array(
'Form' => array(
'fields' => array('username' => 'email'),
'passwordHasher' => 'Blowfish'
)
),
'loginRedirect' => array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'index'),
'logoutRedirect' => array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'index'),
'authError' => "Access Denied",
'authorize' => array('Controller'),
)
);
public function isAuthorized($user){
return true;
}
}
User.php (model)
App::uses('AppModel', 'Model');
App::uses('BlowfishPasswordHasher', 'Controller/Component/Auth');
public function beforeSave($options = array()) {
if (!empty($this->data['User']['password'])) {
$passwordHasher = new BlowfishPasswordHasher();
$this->data['User']['password'] = $passwordHasher->hash($this->data['User']['password']);
}
return true;
}
UsersController.php
public function login(){
if ($this->request->is('post')) {
if($this->Auth->login()) {
$this->redirect($this->Auth->redirect());
}
else {
$this->Session->setFlash('Access Denied');
}
}
}
login.ctp
echo $this->Form->create('user');
echo $this->Form->input('email');
echo $this->Form->input('password');
echo $this->Form->button('Log In', array('type' => 'submit');
echo $this->Form->end();
'debug($this->request); die;' in login function gives the following output. should password be * or should it be the hashed version of the input?
data => array(
'user' => array(
'password' => '*****',
'email' => 'test#test.com'
)
)

Answer 1

1)listen to #waspinator echo $this->Form->create('User');
2)
App::uses('BlowfishPasswordHasher', 'Controller/Component/Auth');
remove it ad put it in AppController and it should be
App::uses('AuthComponent', 'Controller/Component');
3)comment this lines
//public function beforeFilter(){
// $this->Auth->allow('index', 'view');
//}
//public function isAuthorized($user){
// return true;
//}
4) for first time put this on top of user controller so you can save your password
public function beforeFilter() {
parent::beforeFilter();
$this->Auth->allow('edit', 'index', 'view);
}

Answer 2

echo $this->Form->create('user');
should be
echo $this->Form->create('User');