Login from won't work from Home Page

Hello,

I've been trying to add a little Login module to my homepage and my
Layout. I'm using the Auth component and have the following code:

//app_controller.php:
function beforeFilter() {
$this->Auth->allow('display');
$this->Auth->autoRedirect = false;
$this->Auth->fields = array('username' => 'email', 'password'
=> 'password');
$this->Auth->loginAction = array('admin' => false,
'controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'login');
$this->Auth->loginRedirect = array('controller'=>'dashboard',
'action'=>'index');
$this->Auth->logoutRedirect = array('admin' => false,
'controller' => 'pages', 'action' => 'home');

}

//users_controller.php
function login() {
if ($this->Auth->user()) {
if (!empty($this->data) && $this->data['User']['remember_me']) {
$cookie = array();
$cookie['email'] = $this->data['User']['email'];
$cookie['password'] = $this->data['User']['password'];
$this->Cookie->write('Auth.User', $cookie, true, '+2 weeks');
unset($this->data['User']['remember_me']);
}
$this->redirect($this->Auth->redirect());
}
if(empty($this->data)) {
$cookie = $this->Cookie->read('Auth.User');
if (!is_null($cookie)) {
if ($this->Auth->login($cookie)) {
$this->Session->del('Message.auth');
$this->redirect($this->Auth->redirect());
} else {
$this->Cookie->del('Auth.User');
}
}
}
}

//(pages) home.ctp and (users) login.ctp
<?php
echo $form->create('User', array('action' => 'login',
'style'=>'margin: 5px 0 0 18px;'));
echo '<div class = "label">E-mail</div>';
echo $form->input('email', array('label' => ''));
echo '<div class = "label">Password</div>';
echo $form->input('password', array('label' => ''));
echo $form->input('remember_me', array('type' =>
'checkbox','label'=>'Remember Me'));
echo $form->end(array
('label'=>'Login','class'=>'b2','style'=>'margin-top: 13px;'));
?>

The problem is that the Login only works when I access it directly
from /users/login, but if I try to login from the Homepage (or
anywhere else for that matter) with the exact same code, it gives me a
404 NOT FOUND error.

I've been browsing all over the Internet for a way to do this (a login
element or a login form in the layout) but no luck yet. Any idea of
what might be happening?

Thanks in advance!
Ponch

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