If the login page for a compiled database is not being displayed, it may be because the "directory.json" file, which stores info about users and groups, is missing. When a developer compiles their project mode database, the settings folder and its "directory.json" file are not copied over. Consider the example where there is a production database with a directory.json:


There is also a new update:


The update is missing a directory.json since it was compiled. If the developer wants to keep the users and groups that were in the production database, they can copy the Settings folder and paste it into the directory with the new database.

To learn more about how to manage users and groups, read this tech note.