diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
index 706d7d6a8f..06ecedd21e 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.83 1998/06/08 19:36:40 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.84 1998/06/08 22:28:26 momjian Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *
@@ -315,9 +315,19 @@ PostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 		for (; i < 4; i++)
 			new_argv[i] = "";
 		new_argv[4] = NULL;
+
+		if (!Execfile[0] && FindExec(Execfile, argv[0]) < 0)
+		{
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s: could not find postmaster to execute...\n",
+					argv[0]);
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		new_argv[0] = Execfile;
+		
 		execv(new_argv[0], new_argv);
-		perror(new_argv[0]);
+
 		/* How did we get here, error! */
+		perror(new_argv[0]);
 		fprintf(stderr, "PostmasterMain execv failed on %s\n", argv[0]);
 		exit(1);
 	}
@@ -461,7 +471,7 @@ PostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 		exit(2);
 	}
 
-	if (!Execfile[0] && FindBackend(Execfile, argv[0]) < 0)
+	if (!Execfile[0] && FindExec(Execfile, argv[0]) < 0)
 	{
 		fprintf(stderr, "%s: could not find backend to execute...\n",
 				argv[0]);
diff --git a/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c b/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
index 0c6cc0f40f..e2a778b491 100644
--- a/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
+++ b/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c,v 1.73 1998/06/04 17:26:45 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c,v 1.74 1998/06/08 22:28:27 momjian Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *	  this is the "main" module of the postgres backend and
@@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ PostgresMain(int argc, char *argv[], int real_argc, char *real_argv[])
 	SetCharSet();
 #endif
 
-	if (FindBackend(pg_pathname, argv[0]) < 0)
+	if (FindExec(pg_pathname, argv[0]) < 0)
 		elog(FATAL, "%s: could not locate executable, bailing out...",
 			 argv[0]);
 
@@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@ PostgresMain(int argc, char *argv[], int real_argc, char *real_argv[])
 	if (!IsUnderPostmaster)
 	{
 		puts("\nPOSTGRES backend interactive interface");
-		puts("$Revision: 1.73 $ $Date: 1998/06/04 17:26:45 $");
+		puts("$Revision: 1.74 $ $Date: 1998/06/08 22:28:27 $");
 	}
 
 	/* ----------------
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/findbe.c b/src/backend/utils/init/findbe.c
index e2cc9219a7..74571ebc4a 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/init/findbe.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/init/findbe.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/init/Attic/findbe.c,v 1.7 1997/09/08 02:31:53 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/init/Attic/findbe.c,v 1.8 1998/06/08 22:28:28 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -144,14 +144,14 @@ ValidateBackend(char *path)
 }
 
 /*
- * FindBackend -- find an absolute path to a valid backend executable
+ * FindExec -- find an absolute path to a valid backend executable
  *
  * The reason we have to work so hard to find an absolute path is that
  * we need to feed the backend server the location of its actual
  * executable file -- otherwise, we can't do dynamic loading.
  */
 int
-FindBackend(char *backend, char *argv0)
+FindExec(char *backend, char *argv0)
 {
 	char		buf[MAXPGPATH + 2];
 	char	   *p;
@@ -188,11 +188,11 @@ FindBackend(char *backend, char *argv0)
 		{
 			strncpy(backend, buf, MAXPGPATH);
 			if (DebugLvl)
-				fprintf(stderr, "FindBackend: found \"%s\" using argv[0]\n",
+				fprintf(stderr, "FindExec: found \"%s\" using argv[0]\n",
 						backend);
 			return (0);
 		}
-		fprintf(stderr, "FindBackend: invalid backend \"%s\"\n",
+		fprintf(stderr, "FindExec: invalid backend \"%s\"\n",
 				buf);
 		return (-1);
 	}
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ FindBackend(char *backend, char *argv0)
 	if ((p = getenv("PATH")) && *p)
 	{
 		if (DebugLvl)
-			fprintf(stderr, "FindBackend: searching PATH ...\n");
+			fprintf(stderr, "FindExec: searching PATH ...\n");
 		pathlen = strlen(p);
 		path = malloc(pathlen + 1);
 		strcpy(path, p);
@@ -225,14 +225,14 @@ FindBackend(char *backend, char *argv0)
 				case 0: /* found ok */
 					strncpy(backend, buf, MAXPGPATH);
 					if (DebugLvl)
-						fprintf(stderr, "FindBackend: found \"%s\" using PATH\n",
+						fprintf(stderr, "FindExec: found \"%s\" using PATH\n",
 								backend);
 					free(path);
 					return (0);
 				case -1:		/* wasn't even a candidate, keep looking */
 					break;
 				case -2:		/* found but disqualified */
-					fprintf(stderr, "FindBackend: could not read backend \"%s\"\n",
+					fprintf(stderr, "FindExec: could not read backend \"%s\"\n",
 							buf);
 					free(path);
 					return (-1);
@@ -243,6 +243,6 @@ FindBackend(char *backend, char *argv0)
 		free(path);
 	}
 
-	fprintf(stderr, "FindBackend: could not find a backend to execute...\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "FindExec: could not find a backend to execute...\n");
 	return (-1);
 }
diff --git a/src/include/miscadmin.h b/src/include/miscadmin.h
index d7cee404c5..0c6dcfaaf9 100644
--- a/src/include/miscadmin.h
+++ b/src/include/miscadmin.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: miscadmin.h,v 1.24 1998/05/29 17:00:22 momjian Exp $
+ * $Id: miscadmin.h,v 1.25 1998/06/08 22:28:30 momjian Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *	  some of the information in this file will be moved to
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ extern void SetPgUserName(void);
 extern Oid	GetUserId(void);
 extern void SetUserId(void);
 extern int	ValidateBackend(char *path);
-extern int	FindBackend(char *backend, char *argv0);
+extern int	FindExec(char *backend, char *argv0);
 extern int	CheckPathAccess(char *path, char *name, int open_mode);
 
 /* lower case version for case-insensitive SQL referenced in pg_proc.h */