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.

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