I understand what was wrong now.  I just had the wrong format in my 
group file.  Instead of a comma, I had a colon.  I don't understand how 
the groups command was returning me as being a member of the wheel group 
when that was wrong.  Is the group information stored somewhere else 
besides the /etc/group file?

Patrick
On Friday, April 20, 2001, at 12:03 AM, Patrick Tepesch wrote:

> I want to set up my computer headless, but I want to be able to telnet 
> to the machine and su to root before I do that.  This is the problem I 
> have:
>
> NetBSD/mac68k () (ttyp0)
>
> login: ptepesch
> Password:
> Last login: Fri Apr 20 16:05:04 2001 from 192.168.31.4
> Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
>         The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
> Copyright (c) 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
>         The Regents of the University of California.  All rights 
> reserved.
>
> NetBSD 1.4.2 (GENERIC) #4: Sat Mar 18 01:16:20 CST 2000
>
> Welcome to NetBSD!
>
> % su
> su: you are not listed in the correct secondary group (wheel) to su 
> root.
> % groups
> wheel
> %
>
>
> So I am a member of wheel but I still can't su!  I can't figure it out.
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Patrick Tepesch
>