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

[Walter Rowe]

>>>>> On 12 Jul 90 22:39:45 GMT, yhsieh at cadence.cadence.com (Tommy Hsieh) said:

|> If I login as root, it gives me the prompt right after the
|> /etc/motd message.  If I login as normal user, it gives me the
|> /etc/motd message and then I have to wait one or two minutes ...

Are you running quota's ?  If you are, my guess is that root doesn't
have one and you do, and that the system is checking your quota when
you log in.  Root would log in much faster since there is not quota to
check.

wpr
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