Registration Question - Two Different Users (Not using User table)

Hey everyone. If this has been answered before, I didn't find it on the forums. Please link me if it was.

I'm a newbie with Cake. I've gone through and understand the MVC setup and how it works. However, before I spend another countless hours I was wondering if someone could point me into the right direction or provide examples.

I'm using the newest release of CakePHP (2.3).

I have a site with a registration page at domain.com/register.

Router::connect('/register', array('controller' => 'students', 'action' => 'index'));

 This page has a simple form with 

echo $this->Form->create('Student', array('action' => 'register'));
echo $this->Form->input('Full Name');
echo $this->Form->input('Email');
echo $this->Form->input('Password');
echo $this->Form->end('Register');
?>

I then have StudentsController :

function index() {
$this->set('title_for_layout', 'Register');
$this->layout = 'students';
$this->Student->recursive = 0;
$this->set('students', $this->paginate());
}

function register() {
if ($this->request->is('post')) {
$this->Student->create();
if ($this->Student->save($this->request->data)) {
 $this->Session->setFlash(__('The user has been saved'));
$this->redirect(array('action' => 'index'));
 } else {
$this->Session->setFlash(__('The user could not be saved. Please, try again.'));
}
}
}

and Student (model) :

App::uses('AuthComponent', 'Controller/Component');

class Student extends AppModel {
public $primaryKey = 'id';
    public $validate = array(
        
        'full_name' => array(
                'rule' => 'alphaNumeric',
                'message' => 'We need your name!',
                'required' => true
        ),
        'email' => array(
                'rule' => 'email',
                'message' => 'A valid email is required',
                'required' => true
        ),
        'password' => array(
        'password_one' => array(
                'rule' => array('minLength', '8'),
                'message' => 'Password is required (duh). Minimum of 8 characters.',
                'required' => true

                   )


); //END VALIDATE

}

 It's still messy too so ignore any errors (which don't affect what I'm trying to achieve) please. If I post the form, I get sent to /users/login. I'd like to be sent to /students/register since my router does it to /students/index. Then under register I want to handle all of the adding the user stuff (see "function register() {" in the code above).

What I'm trying to do is have the form register a user to the students table in my database. I will have to have another form on the site to register teachers and I want to keep them in separate databases. Problem is, all of the auth stuff is sent to UserController, which I don't want to use. I want to pass all Student login form stuff to the StudentController and all Teacher to the TeacherController.

In short, how do I achieve this? How do I force cakephp to use something other than the UserController to handle everything? If you need further clarification, please ask.

Thank you in advance!

 

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