Cristiano Deana wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> i'm new on OpenBSD. I just installed 3.9 (one week ago sources) 
> and i got this:
> 
> $ uname -rs
> OpenBSD 3.9
> $ su
> Password:
> you are not in group wheel
> Sorry
> $ whoami
> cris
> $ id cris
> uid=1000(cris) gid=0(wheel) groups=0(wheel)
> $ grep cris /etc/passwd
> cris:*:1000:0:Cristiano Deana:/home/cris:/bin/ksh
> $ grep wheel /etc/group
> wheel:*:0:root
> 
> Notes:
> * 'sudo' correctly found me in 'wheel' group
> * if i add 'cris' in /etc/group at wheel's line it works
> * adding 'cris' user i have choosen 'wheel' group, not a different
> group and then added to wheel
> 
> Thanks in advance for explanations.
> 
> --
> Cris, member of G.U.F.I
> Italian FreeBSD User Group
> http://www.gufi.org/

I'm pretty much a newbie re OpenBSD, but that looks a lot
like you claim wheel as a group, but
wheel does not claim you.
Probably would have essentially identical behavior on any BSD/Linux.
Flames/clarifications invited if I'm wrong.

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