Re: BUG #15265: The program "initdb" is needed by pg_ctl but was notfound in the same directory as "pg_ctl".

Hi Tom,

Thanks for the quick response.

The same build and, the same command works fine on a non-root user. 

Since, this time i am running from a root login, the command i use is as follows.

su - shahid -c '/root/pgsql10x/bin/pg_ctl -D /root/pgsql10x/data/ initdb'

The bin folder has 777 permission with the owner being shahid here.

If you see my post I have shared the ls-lrt output for reference.

I have been using the same command for my earlier 9.6.3 version of build, and it worked without any trouble.

Thanks again,

Mohammed Shahid Nawaz

On Sat 7 Jul, 2018, 1:32 AM Tom Lane, <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> sudo -u shahid ./pg_ctl -D /root/pgsql10x/data/ initdb
> invalid binary "/root/pgsql10x/bin/pg_ctl"

I think you would get that error if pg_ctl is unable to stat itself,
which might be due to a permissions problem.  Are you sure the shahid
user can read/exec all the directories in that path (particularly /root)?

                        regards, tom lane