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> That was it!  I've now got su-ability from that normal user.
>
> Funny, though, on my (very) old Debian system I don't seem to have a
> wheel.
>
> Thanks.
>
>    
>> Best regards,
>> Yann
>>      
>    

I think that is a Gentoo thing.  It does add some security if you don't 
want a user, like maybe some little kid, getting root access for any 
reason.

Dale

:-)  :-)