Richard <openmacnews(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> Look at the postmaster -> postgres symlink;
>> is it where it's supposed to be?
> seems to be:
> /usr/local/pgsql/bin > ls -al postmaster
> lrwxrwx--- 1 root wheel 8 2006-05-24 07:48 postmaster -> postgres
Hm, is it significant that that symlink is set for no access by world?
I don't remember if Darwin enforces access bits on symlinks, but check
to see if your 8.1.3 installation has identical privileges for the
symlink.
regards, tom lane