Re: Bizzare initdb failure: "The program "postgres" is needed by initdb"

Valentin Rodionov <valiar@scripps.edu> writes:
> [postgres@feanor bin]$ ./initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
> sh: /dev/null: Permission denied

[ raised eyebrow... ]  So what are the permissions on your /dev/null?

            regards, tom lane