login procedure on UNIX (any difference between root & user)

[Tommy Hsieh]

   I have a question about login procedure.  Is there any difference between 
login as root and login as a normal user (a user from yellow page).

   I found a strange thing happened on one of our machines.  If I login as
root, it gives me the prompt right after the /etc/motd message.  But if I
login as normal user, it gives me the /etc/motd message and then I have to wait 
one or two minutes to get the prompt.  I have home directory on that machine 
and all the machines are running yp.  The machine which has problem is a sparc
station.  Any idea ?  Thanks in advance.

    
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