diff --git a/src/backend/port/sysv_shmem.c b/src/backend/port/sysv_shmem.c
index 1c03fe4866b4df56a8b0c4004244b4cf018eabf1..1aca81f68b8b96528d14c438b9c1b14054afa178 100644
--- a/src/backend/port/sysv_shmem.c
+++ b/src/backend/port/sysv_shmem.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/port/sysv_shmem.c,v 1.33 2004/04/19 17:42:58 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/port/sysv_shmem.c,v 1.34 2004/05/06 19:23:25 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ PGSharedMemoryCreate(uint32 size, bool makePrivate, int port)
 
 #ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
 	/* If Exec case, just attach and return the pointer */
-	if (UsedShmemSegAddr != NULL && !makePrivate)
+	if (UsedShmemSegAddr != NULL && !makePrivate && IsUnderPostmaster)
 	{
 		void* origUsedShmemSegAddr = UsedShmemSegAddr;
 
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c b/src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c
index 1267acbbcbe7bfd06dcd866e4fb5034927d328f3..65a37fd6a38b0001a03ddd3ad4d16611dfb447aa 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  *	Copyright (c) 2001-2003, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  *
- *	$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c,v 1.67 2004/04/19 17:42:58 momjian Exp $
+ *	$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c,v 1.68 2004/05/06 19:23:25 momjian Exp $
  * ----------
  */
 #include "postgres.h"
@@ -485,11 +485,10 @@ pgstat_forkexec(STATS_PROCESS_TYPE procType)
 	snprintf(pgstatBuf[bufc++],MAXPGPATH,"%d",MaxBackends);
 
 	/* + the pstat file names, and postgres pathname */
-	/* FIXME: [fork/exec] whitespaces in directories? */
-	snprintf(pgstatBuf[bufc++],MAXPGPATH,"%s",pgStat_tmpfname);
-	snprintf(pgstatBuf[bufc++],MAXPGPATH,"%s",pgStat_fname);
-	snprintf(pgstatBuf[bufc++],MAXPGPATH,"%s",pg_pathname);
-	snprintf(pgstatBuf[bufc++],MAXPGPATH,"%s",DataDir);
+	snprintf(pgstatBuf[bufc++],MAXPGPATH,"\"%s\"",pgStat_tmpfname);
+	snprintf(pgstatBuf[bufc++],MAXPGPATH,"\"%s\"",pgStat_fname);
+	snprintf(pgstatBuf[bufc++],MAXPGPATH,"\"%s\"",pg_pathname);
+	snprintf(pgstatBuf[bufc++],MAXPGPATH,"\"%s\"",DataDir);
 
 	/* Add to the arg list */
 	Assert(bufc <= lengthof(pgstatBuf));
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
index 3cbd40f3db63914fc2be994e389a643132189cb5..1d781d0bb5afb2b346fcceeabeb2c76e30700e85 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.381 2004/04/19 17:42:58 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.382 2004/05/06 19:23:25 momjian Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *
@@ -2741,8 +2741,7 @@ Backend_forkexec(Port *port)
 
 	/* Format up context to pass to exec'd process */
 	snprintf(buf[bufc++],MAXPGPATH,"%lu",tmpBackendFileNum);
-	/* FIXME: [fork/exec] whitespaces in directories? */
-	snprintf(buf[bufc++],MAXPGPATH,"%s",DataDir);
+	snprintf(buf[bufc++],MAXPGPATH,"\"%s\"",DataDir);
 
 	/* Add to the arg list */
 	Assert(bufc <= lengthof(buf));
@@ -3039,6 +3038,7 @@ SSDataBase(int xlop)
 #endif
 #else
 	char		idbuf[32];
+	char		ddirbuf[MAXPGPATH];
 #endif
 
 	fflush(stdout);
@@ -3097,8 +3097,9 @@ SSDataBase(int xlop)
 
 #ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
 		/* pass data dir before end of secure switches (-p) */
+		snprintf(ddirbuf, MAXPGPATH, "\"%s\"", DataDir);
 		av[ac++] = "-D";
-		av[ac++] = DataDir;
+		av[ac++] = ddirbuf;
 
 		/* and the backend identifier + dbname */
 		snprintf(idbuf, sizeof(idbuf), "-p%lu,template1", tmpBackendFileNum);
@@ -3490,7 +3491,7 @@ pid_t win32_forkexec(const char* path, char *argv[])
 	HANDLE waiterThread;
 
 	/* Format the cmd line */
-	snprintf(cmdLine,sizeof(cmdLine),"%s",path);
+	snprintf(cmdLine,sizeof(cmdLine),"\"%s\"",path);
 	i = 0;
 	while (argv[++i] != NULL)
 	{