diff -urpN hsqldb.orig/bin/hsqldb hsqldb/bin/hsqldb
--- hsqldb.orig/bin/hsqldb	2006-07-08 15:55:55.000000000 +0200
+++ hsqldb/bin/hsqldb	2006-07-08 16:03:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -282,6 +282,18 @@ else
         echo "Auth file '$_AUTH_TEST_PATH' not readable" 1>&2
         exit 2
     }
+
+    # resolve links - $_AUTH_TEST_PATH may be a softlink
+    while [ -h "$_AUTH_TEST_PATH" ]; do
+        ls=`ls -ld "$_AUTH_TEST_PATH"`
+        link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+        if expr "$link" : '.*/.*' > /dev/null; then
+            _AUTH_TEST_PATH="$link"
+        else
+            _AUTH_TEST_PATH=`dirname "$_AUTH_TEST_PATH"`/"$link"
+        fi
+    done
+
     ls -ld "$_AUTH_TEST_PATH" | grep '^-..------' > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
         echo "Fix permissions on '$_AUTH_TEST_PATH' like 'chmod 600 $_AUTH_TEST_PATH'" 1>&2
         exit 2