[Catalyst] Auth tutorial merry-go-round

[Dermot]

Hi,

I have been following the tutorial and am stuck in a loop. In my Root
controller I have the following

sub auto : Private {
   my ($self,$c) = @_;
   if ($c->controller eq $c->controller('Login')) {
        return 1;
   }
   if (!$c->user_exists) {
        $c->log->debug('***Root::auto User not found, forwarding to /login');
        $c->response->redirect($c->uri_for('/login'));
        return 0;
   }
# user found
   return 1;
}

In my Login controller I have

sub index :Path :Args(0) {
    my ( $self, $c ) = @_;

# Get the username and password from form
    my $username = $c->request->params->{username} || "";
    my $password = $c->request->params->{password} || "";

# If the username and password values were found in form
    if ($username && $password) {
        # Attempt to log the user in
        $c->log->debug("User=$username, Password=$password");
        if ($c->authenticate({ username => $username,password =>
$password} ) ) {
# If successful, then let them use the application
                $c->log->debug("Login Success");
                $c->response->redirect($c->uri_for('/books/list'));
                return;
         } else {
# Set an error message
                $c->stash->{error_msg} = "Bad username or password.";
         }
     }
# If either of above don't work out, send to the login page
    $c->stash->{template} = 'login.tt2';
}


When i login I see these debug messages

[debug] Path is "login"
[debug] User=admin, Password=admin
[debug] Created session "0628e51d5825d7309fd64a2404dd907bbea0ae27"
[debug] Login Success
...
.----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------.
| Action                                                         | Time      |
+----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+
| /auto                                                          | 0.000649s |
| /login/index                                                   | 0.032623s |
| /end
...
[debug] "GET" request for "books/list" from "127.0.0.1"
[debug] Path is "books/list"
[debug] ***Root::auto User not found, forwarding to /login
[debug] Redirecting to "http://localhost:3000/login"

So while $c->authenticate can see my login in my Login controller, it
can't in Root/auto !!!  Can anyone point tell where I am going wrong?
TIA,
Dp.