Received: from localhost (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61CB7475EA9 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 02:13:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (unknown [192.204.191.242]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2B78475E3A for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 02:13:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id gAK7DIhR029179; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 02:13:18 -0500 (EST) To: Hugh Esco Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Problems invoking psql. Help please. In-reply-to: <5.1.0.14.0.20021120015333.04220570@petra.cagreens.org> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20021120015333.04220570@petra.cagreens.org> Comments: In-reply-to Hugh Esco message dated "Wed, 20 Nov 2002 01:55:41 -0500" Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 02:13:17 -0500 Message-ID: <29178.1037776397@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS new-20020517 X-Archive-Number: 200211/295 X-Sequence-Number: 10437 Hugh Esco writes: >> biko:/usr/bin# ls -al | grep psql >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 10 16:24 psql -> pg_wrapper > This seems to say that Other users, like postgres, should be able to > execute it. I'm confused, here. The permissions attached to a symbolic link are meaningless, in all Unix variants I've dealt with. You need to look at the permissions of the linked-to object (here, pg_wrapper) instead... regards, tom lane