Re: PgSQL 7.3: /opt/pgsql/bin/postgres: Execute permission denied.

Zengfa Gao <zfgao(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> # su postgres -c '/opt/pgsql/bin/initdb
> --pgdata=/var/opt/pgsql/data'
> The program
> '/opt/pgsql/bin/postgres'
> needed by initdb does not belong to PostgreSQL version
> 7.3, or
> there may be a configuration problem.

> This was the error message issued by that program:
> /opt/pgsql/bin/initdb[135]: /opt/pgsql/bin/postgres:
> Execute permission denied.

> I check the permission of postgres:
> # ls -l /opt/pgsql/bin/postgres
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 2994176 Jan 8
> 09:53 /opt/pgsql/bin/postgres

Hmm. Maybe the problem is with permissions on some shared library
needed by the postgres executable?

I'd also look to make sure the containing directories are searchable
by postgres.

regards, tom lane