AFAIK this is the default gentoo behaviour. You may need to unset the allowrootlogin in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config though (there was a thread about this today). Other than that, the set up of wheel and su is exactly as you describe by default.
alan On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 01:09:22PM -0600, Henning, Brian wrote: > i guess i am trying to set it up like i have my freebsd machine... the root > password can only be accessed locally on the machine unless the user is in > the wheel group then that user can 'su' as root. -- Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://arcterex.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- "The only thing that experience teaches us is that experience teaches us nothing. -- Andre Maurois (Emile Herzog) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list