Rich Shepard <rshepard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Sun, 18 Feb 2018, Tim Cross wrote: > >>> # ll /usr/bin/postgres >>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 Feb 17 09:30 /usr/bin/postgres -> ../lib/postgresql/10.2/bin/postgres* > >> Try doing an 'll' on the second part of that output i.e. >> ll /usr//lib/postgresql/10.2/bin/postgres* > > See my message, repeated above. > > Regards, > > Rich Your ll command is only showing what the symbolic link is pointing to, not the status of the thing it points to. It is possible for the target of a symbolic link to be changed, deleted etc (a dangling sym link). My point was to verify the target and it's permissions, not just the sym link itself. Tim -- Tim Cross
