https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Media#Optional:_Starting_the_SSH_daemon In this section people up ssh daemon, but whit latest version sshd it have #PermitRootLogin prohibit-password options by default, which allow only root login with some keys. We can add info about it to be need change sshd_config to PermitRootLogin yes Or maybe gentoo can do it only for installation cd dvd's when prepare it ?
please use the "discussion" tab on the wiki page for suggestions, rather than filing bugs.