I would make non_auth a component: 
<div class="small_text">
  <h1><% $message %>You are not logged in:</h1>
  If you don't have a login, Click <a href="/create_user.html">here</a
+> to create one.
</div>
<form method="post" action="/index.html">
  <table class="form_fields">
    <tr>
      <td>User Name: </td>
      <td><input type="text" name="name_user" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Password: </td>
      <td><input type="password" name="password" value="" alt="Require
+d only for admins"/></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  <div style="text-align:right">
    <input type="submit" value="Proceed" />
  </div>
</form>  
  
<%args>
  $message => ''
</%args>

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Then in /auth_required/autohandler : 
<%init>
my $log_in_status = My::App->authenitcate_user($r);

if ($log_in_status eq 'OK') {
    $m->call_next; # proceeed to /auth_required/foo.html
} 
else {
    my $message = $m->comp('/get_message', key => $log_in_status);
    $m->comp('/non_auth', message => $message);
}
</%init>

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where get_message looks like: 
<% $message %>

<%args>
  $key
</%args>

<%init>
my $message = $key ? $Messages{$key} : '&nbsp;';
</%init>

<%once>
my %Messages = (
  http_title  => 'Welcome',
  
  # Invalid user name or password OR username deleted from table
  101         =>  'Invalid username or password',
  
  # No cookie sent to server
  201         =>  'An error has occured',
  
  # The session id from cookie was invalid
  301         =>  'An error has occured'
);
</%once>

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In reply to Re: Problem with Mason, can it be solved with a subrequest? by Arunbear
in thread Problem with Mason, can it be solved with a subrequest? by EvanCarroll

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