Title: [Plugin: External DB authentication] plugin give empty login page
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: External DB authentication] plugin give empty login page

 *  [adiallo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adiallo/)
 * (@adiallo)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-external-db-authentication-plugin-give-empty-login-page/)
 * After activating the plugin and settings for the external database, I cannot 
   log in anymore. No error is shown but the login page give an empty blank page.
   Am using worldpress 2.8.6 and the plugin version is 3.1
    Anyone know how to resolve
   this issue? thanks a lot

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 *  [lordpragon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lordpragon/)
 * (@lordpragon)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-external-db-authentication-plugin-give-empty-login-page/#post-1309289)
 * Same thing happened on my end. I run a drupal community gaming site. I am using
   WP for a blogging site about the game world and I want my drupal users to be 
   able to login and comment.
 * This would be a great addition IF it would work.
 * Anxiously awaiting a possible solution.
 *  Thread Starter [adiallo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adiallo/)
 * (@adiallo)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-external-db-authentication-plugin-give-empty-login-page/#post-1309290)
 * check the errors log file maybe you will see where is the bug coming from. I 
   updated to worldpress 2.9. my function to crypt the password was the problem,
   check that one too. Now i can log in, i hope this help you
 *  [lordpragon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lordpragon/)
 * (@lordpragon)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-external-db-authentication-plugin-give-empty-login-page/#post-1309291)
 * I am new to WP…
 * I am running 2.9 but don’t know where the error logs are or where you change 
   the password setting.
 * Can you point me?
 *  Thread Starter [adiallo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adiallo/)
 * (@adiallo)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-external-db-authentication-plugin-give-empty-login-page/#post-1309297)
 * Normally you have a logs folder on your server, if you do not have one create
   it. So from there if you run your website if any problems or error it ‘s going
   to be there from now on (file scripts.php).
 * You know if you install and activate the plugin, you have to log on your WP admin
   page for configuration, it’s under setting. So you have to fill in the type of
   password encryption you use on your old table (if not md5 or sha1), you put your
   own function.
 * I hope this help.
 *  [lordpragon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lordpragon/)
 * (@lordpragon)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-external-db-authentication-plugin-give-empty-login-page/#post-1309298)
 * I did find the logs under my er-logs folder. I have installed and activated the
   plugin as well as edited the settings.
 * Of course, I might not have the correct settings, so I don’t know if that is 
   what caused the WSOD when trying to access the login page.
 * I thought Drupal used md5, but I might be wrong.
 *  [charlener](https://wordpress.org/support/users/charlener/)
 * (@charlener)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-external-db-authentication-plugin-give-empty-login-page/#post-1309327)
 * Hey, I’m finally getting around to making sure this works with 2.8+, so look 
   for the next release version to work, hopefully tonight.
 *  [charlener](https://wordpress.org/support/users/charlener/)
 * (@charlener)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-external-db-authentication-plugin-give-empty-login-page/#post-1309328)
 * I think it’s a config problem most likely. I just went through checks with 2.8.6
   and 2.9 and both of them are working fine.
 * I bet all the fields are correct, but possibly Drupal, like other systems, has
   a particular hashing system that is more involved that a basic sha1, md5, or 
   variant thereof. [This site](http://www.openwall.com/phpass/) seems to indicate
   that Drupal 7, at least, may be using phpass. You would have to use code based
   on that to hash the (initial plaintext) password a user enters and compare to
   what’s on the Drupal user database.
 * This is also what wordpress is supposed to be doing, but I’m having issues getting
   it to work across two wordpress installs per [this post](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/255674?replies=4).

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