AEM Built in Authentication

So i am trying to use the built in authentication for AEM. I am able to create a form where someone can register a user and it puts the user in the users tab in AEM. When i try to make a page with the login component however, it does not work. When you enter in the user and the password and click sign in i get an alert box with the message "The user could not be found." It doesnt matter if its the user i created or the admin but nothing works. When i go to geometrixx or create a page under the geometrixx site with a login, the user i created signs in perfectly fine. I am running AEM 6 SP2. I would appreciate help in figuring out how to implement the login feature. Thank you very much.