and some strace output:
jupiter:/usr/local/directadmin# strace ./dataskq d
execve("./dataskq", ["./dataskq", "d"], [/* 20 vars */]) = 0
uname({sys="Linux", node="jupiter.grafix-is.com", ...}) = 0
brk(0) = 0x83d8000
brk(0x83f9000) = 0x83f9000
socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_STREAM, 0) = 4
connect(4, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/var/run/.nscd_socket"}, 110) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
close(4) = 0
open("/etc/nsswitch.conf", O_RDONLY) = 4
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=465, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40000000
read(4, "# /etc/nsswitch.conf\n#\n# Example"..., 4096) = 465
read(4, "", 4096) = 0
close(4) = 0
munmap(0x40000000, 4096) = 0
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 4
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=22572, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 22572, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0x40000000
close(4) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/tls/libnss_compat.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 4
read(4, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0000\22\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=28616, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 31628, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0x40006000
old_mmap(0x4000d000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 4, 0x6000) = 0x4000d000
close(4) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/tls/libnsl.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 4
read(4, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0 <\0\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=73304, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 80544, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0x4000e000
old_mmap(0x4001f000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 4, 0x11000) = 0x4001f000
old_mmap(0x40020000, 6816, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40020000
close(4) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/tls/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 4
read(4, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0`Z\1\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1254660, ...}) = 0
set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0x83d9ba0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 1264972, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0x40022000
old_mmap(0x4014c000, 36864, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 4, 0x129000) = 0x4014c000
old_mmap(0x40155000, 7500, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40155000
close(4) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/tls/ld-linux.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 4
read(4, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0\f\0\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=88904, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 88464, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0x40157000
old_mmap(0x4016c000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 4, 0x15000) = 0x4016c000
close(4) = 0
munmap(0x40000000, 22572) = 0
brk(0) = 0x83f9000
brk(0x841a000) = 0x841a000
brk(0) = 0x841a000
open("/etc/nsswitch.conf", O_RDONLY) = 4
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=465, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40000000
read(4, "# /etc/nsswitch.conf\n#\n# Example"..., 4096) = 465
read(4, "", 4096) = 0
close(4) = 0
munmap(0x40000000, 4096) = 0
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 4
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=22572, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 22572, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0x40000000
close(4) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/tls/libnss_nis.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 4
read(4, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\20\34\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=33440, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 36620, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0x4016d000
old_mmap(0x40175000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 4, 0x7000) = 0x40175000
close(4) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/tls/libnss_files.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 4
read(4, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\200\35"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=34748, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 38044, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0x40176000
old_mmap(0x4017f000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 4, 0x8000) = 0x4017f000
close(4) = 0
munmap(0x40000000, 22572) = 0
open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY) = 4
fcntl64(4, F_GETFD) = 0
fcntl64(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
_llseek(4, 0, [0], SEEK_CUR) = 0
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=8217, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 8217, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 4, 0) = 0x40000000
_llseek(4, 8217, [8217], SEEK_SET) = 0
munmap(0x40000000, 8217) = 0
close(4) = 0
setresuid32(-1, 0, -1) = 0
setresgid32(-1, 0, -1) = 0
open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY) = 4
fcntl64(4, F_GETFD) = 0
fcntl64(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
_llseek(4, 0, [0], SEEK_CUR) = 0
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=8217, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 8217, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 4, 0) = 0x40000000
_llseek(4, 8217, [8217], SEEK_SET) = 0
munmap(0x40000000, 8217) = 0
close(4) = 0
open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY) = 4
fcntl64(4, F_GETFD) = 0
fcntl64(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
_llseek(4, 0, [0], SEEK_CUR) = 0
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=8217, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 8217, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 4, 0) = 0x40000000
_llseek(4, 8217, [8217], SEEK_SET) = 0
munmap(0x40000000, 8217) = 0
close(4) = 0
setresgid32(-1, 106, -1) = 0
setresuid32(-1, 106, -1) = 0
stat64("/usr/local/directadmin/conf/directadmin.conf", 0xbffff9b0) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
open("/usr/local/directadmin/conf/directadmin.conf", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
setresuid32(-1, 0, -1) = 0
setresgid32(-1, 0, -1) = 0
open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY) = 4
fcntl64(4, F_GETFD) = 0
fcntl64(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
_llseek(4, 0, [0], SEEK_CUR) = 0
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=8217, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 8217, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 4, 0) = 0x40000000
_llseek(4, 8217, [8217], SEEK_SET) = 0
munmap(0x40000000, 8217) = 0
close(4) = 0
open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY) = 4
fcntl64(4, F_GETFD) = 0
fcntl64(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
_llseek(4, 0, [0], SEEK_CUR) = 0
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=8217, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 8217, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 4, 0) = 0x40000000
_llseek(4, 8217, [8217], SEEK_SET) = 0
munmap(0x40000000, 8217) = 0
close(4) = 0
setresgid32(-1, 65534, -1) = 0
setresuid32(-1, 65534, -1) = 0
fstat64(1, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0620, st_rdev=makedev(136, 1), ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40000000
write(1, "In debug mode\n", 14In debug mode
) = 14
write(1, "Debug set to level 10\n", 22Debug set to level 10
) = 22
setresgid32(-1, 0, -1) = 0
setresuid32(-1, 0, -1) = 0
getegid32() = 0
geteuid32() = 0
getgid32() = 0
getuid32() = 0
write(1, "root priv set: uid:0 gid:0 euid:"..., 41root priv set: uid:0 gid:0 euid:0 egid:0
) = 41
geteuid32() = 0
getegid32() = 0
setresuid32(-1, 0, -1) = 0
setresgid32(-1, 0, -1) = 0
open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY) = 4
fcntl64(4, F_GETFD) = 0
fcntl64(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
_llseek(4, 0, [0], SEEK_CUR) = 0
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=8217, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 8217, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 4, 0) = 0x40001000
_llseek(4, 8217, [8217], SEEK_SET) = 0
munmap(0x40001000, 8217) = 0
close(4) = 0
open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY) = 4
fcntl64(4, F_GETFD) = 0
fcntl64(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
_llseek(4, 0, [0], SEEK_CUR) = 0
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=8217, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 8217, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 4, 0) = 0x40001000
_llseek(4, 8217, [8217], SEEK_SET) = 0
munmap(0x40001000, 8217) = 0
close(4) = 0
setresgid32(-1, 106, -1) = 0
setresuid32(-1, 106, -1) = 0
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
jupiter:/usr/local/directadmin# ls -al
total 11752
drwxr-xr-x 7 diradmin diradmin 4096 2006-11-15 12:18 .
drwxrwsr-x 15 root staff 4096 2006-04-03 02:10 ..
drwx------ 2 diradmin diradmin 4096 2006-11-15 12:27 conf
drwx------ 6 diradmin diradmin 4096 2006-10-24 16:22 customapache
-rwx------ 1 diradmin diradmin 154946 2006-11-11 01:00 da-popb4smtp
drwx--x--x 8 diradmin diradmin 4096 2006-11-17 11:23 data
-rwx------ 1 diradmin diradmin 3886007 2006-11-11 01:00 dataskq
-rwx------ 1 diradmin diradmin 3872974 2006-11-11 01:00 directadmin
drwx------ 2 diradmin diradmin 4096 2005-06-01 15:37 log
-rwx------ 1 diradmin diradmin 13190 2006-11-11 01:00 logger
drwx--x--x 4 diradmin diradmin 4096 2006-11-15 12:37 scripts
-rw------- 1 diradmin diradmin 4052936 2006-09-25 16:30 update.tar.gz
jupiter:/usr/local/directadmin# ls -al conf
total 24
drwx------ 2 diradmin diradmin 4096 2006-11-15 12:27 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 diradmin diradmin 4096 2006-11-15 12:18 ..
-rw------- 1 diradmin diradmin 1577 2006-11-15 12:27 directadmin.conf
-rw------- 1 diradmin diradmin 1298 2006-11-15 12:35 license.key
-rw------- 1 diradmin diradmin 1298 2005-06-01 15:22 license.old
-rw------- 1 diradmin diradmin 30 2005-06-01 15:25 mysql.conf