500 Error: Failed to lookup view

[HungryHippo]

Hi, 

I'm getting a 500 error 'failed to lookup view'

I've split my folders into 'public' and 'private' and while the 'public' ones are working fine, i get the 500 error on any files read from the 'private' folder.

passport is handling the authentication and this is working fine.

any help would be greatly appreciated :-)

my folder structure is :

app

   private

       login.html

       provider

           provider.html 

   public

heres my code:

app.all('/private/*', function(req, res, next) {

    ensureAuthenticated(req,res,next);

})

app.get('/login', function(req, res){

    res.render('/private/login.html', { user: req.user });//failed to lookup view here

});

//app.get('/provider', ensureAuthenticated, function(req, res){

app.get('/provider', function(req, res){

    res.render('/private/provider/provider.html', { user: req.user });////failed to lookup view here

});

app.configure(function(){

  app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3000);

  app.set('views', __dirname + '/app');

  //app.set('view engine', 'ejs');

  //app.engine('ejs', require('ejs-locals'));

  app.engine('html', require('ejs').renderFile);

  app.set("view options", {layout: false});

  app.use(express.logger());

  app.use(express.compress());

  app.use(express.cookieParser());

  app.use(express.bodyParser());

  app.use(express.methodOverride());

  app.use(express.session({ secret: 'keyboard cat' }));

  app.use(passport.initialize());

  app.use(passport.session());

  app.use(app.router);

  app.use('/private', express.static(__dirname + '/app/private'));

  app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/app', { maxAge: 0 }));//oneDay = 86400000;

  app.use(express.errorHandler({ dumpExceptions: true, showStack: true }));

});

[greelgorke]

don't use leading / in relative paths.

[HungryHippo]

thanks. i've got my login page displaying now....unfortunately my passport login is now reporting missing credentials errors !