Laravel 5.1 Auth functionality.

AuthController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Mail\Message;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Password;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\ThrottlesLogins;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;

use App\Model\User\User;
use App\Http\Requests\AuthLoginRequest;
use App\Http\Requests\AuthReminderRequest;
use App\Http\Requests\AuthResetRequest;

class AuthController extends Controller
{
	use ThrottlesLogins;

	/**
	 * Create a new authentication controller instance.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function __construct()
	{
		$this->middleware('guest', ['except' => 'logout']);
	}

	/**
	 * Index
	 *
	 * @param	Illuminate\Http\Request	$request
	 * @return	\Illuminate\Http\Response
	 */
	public function index(Request $request)
	{
		return redirect()->route('login');
	}
	
	/**
	 * Login
	 *
	 * @param	Illuminate\Http\Request	$request
	 * @return	\Illuminate\Http\Response
	 */
	public function login(Request $request)
	{
		return response()->view('auth/login');
	}

	/**
	 * Login (POST)
	 *
	 * @param	App\Http\Requests\AuthLoginRequest  $request
	 * @return	\Illuminate\Http\Response
	 */
	public function login_post(AuthLoginRequest $request)
	{
		if($this->hasTooManyLoginAttempts($request)) {
			return $this->sendLockoutResponse($request);
		}

		$credentials = $this->getCredentials($request);

		if(Auth::attempt($credentials, $request->has('remember'))) {
			return $this->handleUserWasAuthenticated($request, true);
		}

		$this->incrementLoginAttempts($request);

		return redirect($this->loginPath())
				->withInput($request->only($this->loginUsername(), 'remember'))
				->withErrors([
					$this->loginUsername() => $this->getFailedLoginMessage(),
				]);
	}

	/**
	 * Logout
	 *
	 * @param	Illuminate\Http\Request	$request
	 * @return	\Illuminate\Http\Response
	 */
	public function logout(Request $request)
	{
		Auth::logout();

		return redirect()->route('login')->with('message', trans('auth.logged_out'))->with('success', true);
	}

	/**
	 * Password reminder
	 *
	 * @param	Illuminate\Http\Request	$request
	 * @return	\Illuminate\Http\Response
	 */
	public function password_reminder(Request $request)
	{
		return response()->view('auth/password_reminder');
	}

	/**
	 * Password reminder (POST)
	 *
	 * @param	App\Http\Requests\AuthReminderRequest  $request
	 * @return	\Illuminate\Http\Response
	 */
	public function password_reminder_post(AuthReminderRequest $request)
	{
		$user = User::where('username', '=', $request->input('username'))->where('email', '=', $request->input('email'))->first();

		if (!$user) {
			return redirect()->route('password-reminder')
							 ->withInput($request->only('username', 'email'))
							 ->withErrors([])
							 ->with('message', trans('passwords.user'))
							 ->with('success', false);
		}

		$response = Password::sendResetLink($request->only('email'), function (Message $message) {
			$message->subject('Password Reset');
		});

		switch ($response) {
			case Password::RESET_LINK_SENT:
				return redirect()->route('login')->with('message', trans($response));

			case Password::INVALID_USER:
				return redirect()->back()->withErrors(['email' => trans($response)]);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Password reset
	 *
	 * @param	Illuminate\Http\Request	$request
	 * @param	string	$token
	 * @return	\Illuminate\Http\Response
	 */
	public function password_reset(Request $request, $token)
	{
		return response()->view('auth/password_reset', [
			'token' => $token
		]);
	}

	/**
	 * Password reset (POST)
	 *
	 * @param	App\Http\Requests\AuthResetRequest  $request
	 * @return	\Illuminate\Http\Response
	 */
	public function password_reset_post(AuthResetRequest $request, $token)
	{
		if($token !== $request->input('token__form')) {
			abort(400, 'Tokens do not match.');
		}

		$user = User::where('username', '=', $request->input('username'))->where('email', '=', $request->input('email'))->first();

		if (!$user) {
			return redirect()->route('password-reminder')
							 ->withInput($request->only('username', 'email'))
							 ->withErrors([])
							 ->with('message', trans('passwords.user'))
							 ->with('success', false);
		}

        $response = Password::reset($request->only('email', 'password', 'password_confirmation') + array('token' => $token), function ($user, $password) {
            $user->password = $password;
			$user->save();
        });

        switch ($response) {
            case Password::PASSWORD_RESET:
                return redirect()->route('login')->with('message', 'You have reset your password.')->with('success', true);
				break;

            default:
                return redirect()->back()->withInput($request->only('username', 'email'))->withErrors(['email' => trans($response)]);
				break;
        }
	}

    /**
	 * Get the path to the login route.
	 *
	 * @return string
	 */
	public function loginPath()
	{
		return '/login';
	}

	/**
	 * Get the post register / login redirect path.
	 *
	 * @return string
	 */
	public function redirectPath()
	{
		return '/admin';
	}

	/**
	 * Get the login to be used by the controller.
	 *
	 * @return string
	 */
	public function loginUsername()
	{
		return 'email';
	}

	/**
	 * Get the failed login message.
	 *
	 * @return string
	 */
	protected function getFailedLoginMessage()
	{
		return trans('auth.failed');
	}

    /**
     * Send the response after the user was authenticated.
     *
     * @param  App\Http\Requests\AuthLoginRequest  $request
     * @param  bool  $throttles
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    protected function handleUserWasAuthenticated(AuthLoginRequest $request, $throttles)
    {
        if ($throttles) {
            $this->clearLoginAttempts($request);
        }

        if (method_exists($this, 'authenticated')) {
            return $this->authenticated($request, Auth::user());
        }

        return redirect()->intended($this->redirectPath())->with('message', trans('auth.logged_in'))->with('success', true);
    }

    /**
	 * Get the needed authorization credentials from the request.
	 *
	 * @param  App\Http\Requests\AuthLoginRequest  $request
	 * @return array
	 */
	protected function getCredentials(AuthLoginRequest $request)
	{
		return $request->only($this->loginUsername(), 'password');
	}

}

routes.php

<?php
Route::get('/', [
    'as'	=> 'root',
	'uses'	=> 'Auth\AuthController@index'
]);
Route::get('login', [
    'as'	=> 'login',
	'uses'	=> 'Auth\AuthController@login'
]);
Route::post('login', [
	'as'	=> 'login.try',
	'uses'	=> 'Auth\AuthController@login_post'
]);
Route::post('logout', [
	'as'	=> 'logout',
	'uses'	=> 'Auth\AuthController@logout'
]);
Route::get('password-reminder', [
    'as'	=> 'password-reminder',
	'uses'	=> 'Auth\AuthController@password_reminder'
]);
Route::post('password-reminder', [
    'as'	=> 'password-reminder.try',
	'uses'	=> 'Auth\AuthController@password_reminder_post'
]);
Route::get('password-reset/{token}', [
    'as'	=> 'password-reset',
	'uses'	=> 'Auth\AuthController@password_reset'
])->where('token', '[A-Za-z0-9]{16,}');
Route::post('password-reset/{token}', [
    'as'	=> 'password-reset.try',
	'uses'	=> 'Auth\AuthController@password_reset_post'
])->where('token', '[A-Za-z0-9]{16,}');

Route::group(['namespace' => 'Admin', 'as' => 'admin::', 'prefix' => 'admin', 'middleware' => 'auth'], function ()
{
	Route::get('/', [
		'as'	=> 'index',
		'uses'	=> 'AdminController@index'
	]);

	Route::get('dashboard', [
		'as'	=> 'dashboard',
		'uses'	=> 'AdminController@dashboard'
	]);

	Route::resource('user', 'UserController');
});