Can't seem to get CakePHP's AuthComponent working - cakephp

Question

I'm completely lost in trying to setup the AuthComponent.
Every login fails.
Here's my AppController beforeFilter function:
public function beforeFilter() {
$this->Auth->authenticate = array(
'all' => array(
'userModel' => 'ClientUser',
'fields' => array(
'username' => 'login',
'password' => 'password'
)
)
);
$this->Auth->loginAction = array('controller' => 'client_users', 'action' => 'login');
$this->Auth->loginRedirect = array('controller' => 'static', 'action' => 'clientcenter');
$this->Auth->logoutRedirect = array('controller' => 'static', 'action' => 'home');
// I deny stuff later on
$this->Auth->allow();
}
And here's the login function in the ClientUsers controller:
public function login() {
// Check login data
if ($this->Auth->login()) {
return $this->redirect($this->Auth->redirect());
} else {
$this->Session->setFlash(__('Username or password is incorrect'), 'default', array(), 'auth');
}
}
And it always fails. And I have no idea why.
This is my $request->data content: (I've actually used "login" and "username" as field name, none work)
ClientUser
login: user#email.com
password: thepassword
Client passwords are hashed in the Model, using the authcomponent (which is imported at the top of the script. I used the security hash function earlier, but that also did not work):
public function beforeSave($options) {
$this->data['ClientUser']['password'] = AuthComponent::password($this->data['ClientUser']['password1']);
return true;
}

Answer 1

Where is you Auth adapter?
as explained on http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/components/authentication.html#authentication-objects
// at least one adapter is necessary (here Form)
public $components = array(
'Auth' => array(
'authenticate' => array(
'Form' => array(
'fields' => array('username' => 'email')
)
)
)
);