Laravel - New project, registration page unavailable - php

Question

I'm new to laravel and have just created a project(laravel version 5.4.34).
After using:
composer create-project Laravel/Laravel project
and after adding the details for a mysql database connection and running
php artisan make:auth
I browse to the url of the project and get the basic laravel homepage, with the login and register links in the top left.
When i click either the register or the login link, it seems to get stuck in a redirect loop. How would this happen just after installation - would this be a routing problem?
UPDATE after Taylor Foster's comment
app/Http/Controllers/Auth/LoginController.php
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\AuthenticatesUsers;
class LoginController extends Controller
{
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Login Controller
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| This controller handles authenticating users for the application and
| redirecting them to your home screen. The controller uses a trait
| to conveniently provide its functionality to your applications.
|
*/
use AuthenticatesUsers;
/**
* Where to redirect users after login.
*
* #var string
*/
protected $redirectTo = '/home';
/**
* Create a new controller instance.
*
* #return void
*/
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('guest')->except('logout');
}
}
routes/web.php
<?php
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Web Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here is where you can register web routes for your application. These
| routes are loaded by the RouteServiceProvider within a group which
| contains the "web" middleware group. Now create something great!
|
*/
Route::get('/', function () {
return view('welcome');
});
Auth::routes();
Route::get('/home', 'HomeController#index')->name('home');
I think those are the locations of files. Do I need to add routes for /login and /register myself?
I'm not sure if this is useful, though I have been watching the second beginner laracast and follow instructions on making a new route, and that URL doesn't work either, I add:
Route::get('/about', function () {
return view('about');
});
to the routes/web.php
and create a basic page showing a h1 tag saying About, and save it at resources/views/about.blade.php as instructed.
This could be the same issue with the auth problem? I don't get why a standard installation of laravel's routes would simply not work - and ideas/advice would be greatly appreciated.
In case anyone had the same problem as I did when starting out with Laravel, adding:
<Directory "/var/www/project/public">
AllowOverride all
</Directory>
within the virtualhost config seems to have solved the problem.

Answer 1

In your Controllers, there should be Auth/LoginController.php. There should be a variable in there protected $redirectTo. Just set that to a registered route and see if you are still having the same problem.

Answer 2

It seems like a permission error, try setting the right permission on your project's directory.
sudo chown -R :www-data path/to/your_project
After, cd path/to/your_project and run this command so set storage's folder permission:
sudo chmod -R 775 storage