Courier-IMAP not starting

[Stephen Matlick]

I am running FreeBSD 5.3, MySQL 4.1, and Postfix 2.0.  All of these are 
running fine (I have also set up Postfix Admin on a separate box from 
Postfix and MySQL and that runs fine also - connects to the db without any 
issues, etc.).

I am trying to set up Courier-IMAP now; I installed it, created 
authmysqlrc, and have followed the instructions I have found on setting it 
up from searches on the Net.  However, the app just won't start.  When I 
run imapd.sh or impad-ssl.sh I get:

/usr/local/bin .: Permission denied.

I am new to all of this, so I'm not sure what I need to chmod (if 
anything), etc.  I even logged in as root to try running the scripts and 
get the same error, so I'm guessing it's the script file itself that 
doesn't have permissions to the directory?

Any help is appreciated.