Received: from localhost (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CE83475D20 for ; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 14:17:00 -0500 (EST) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (unknown [192.204.191.242]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3379475CA6 for ; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 14:16:59 -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 gAHJGwhR005856; Sun, 17 Nov 2002 14:16:58 -0500 (EST) To: Hugh Esco Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Problems invoking psql. Help please. In-reply-to: <5.1.0.14.0.20021116140623.031cbec0@petra.cagreens.org> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20021116140623.031cbec0@petra.cagreens.org> Comments: In-reply-to Hugh Esco message dated "Sat, 16 Nov 2002 14:11:58 -0500" Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 14:16:57 -0500 Message-ID: <5855.1037560617@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS new-20020517 X-Archive-Number: 200211/250 X-Sequence-Number: 10392 Hugh Esco writes: >> postgres@biko:/home/hesco$ psql >> env: /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/readpgenv: Permission denied >> No database specified >> postgres@biko:/home/hesco$ psql ggp_test >> env: /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/readpgenv: Permission denied >> Could not execv /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/psql You seem to have a very bizarre setup there --- there is no such thing as "readpgenv" in the standard Postgres distribution, and /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/ isn't the standard place to put the executable files either. Perhaps the above is normal for the Debian package of Postgres, but I'm afraid you'll have to ask the Debian packager for help. Nobody using other platforms is likely to be able to help... regards, tom lane