How to change default redirect URL of Laravel 5 Auth filter?

Question

By default if I am not logged and I try visit this in browser:

http://localhost:8000/home

It redirect me to http://localhost:8000/aut

Answer 1

Just to extend @ultimate's answer:

1. You need to modify App\Http\Middleware\Authenticate::handle() method and change auth/login to /login.
2. Than you need to add $loginPath property to your \App\Http\Controllers\Auth\AuthController class. Why? See Laravel source.

In result you'll have this in your middleware:

namespace App\Http\Middleware;
class Authenticate {
        /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \Closure  $next
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle($request, Closure $next)
    {
        if ($this->auth->guest())
        {
            if ($request->ajax())
            {
                return response('Unauthorized.', 401);
            }
            else
            {
                return redirect()->guest('/login'); // <--- note this
            }
        }

        return $next($request);
    }
}

And this in your AuthController:

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;
class AuthController extends Controller
{
    protected $loginPath = '/login'; // <--- note this

    // ... other properties, constructor, traits, etc 
}