Snitz Forum 2000 is working great now! I don't know exactly what I did though. It never did run the setup.asp exactly as it should. A combination of MySQL root password privileges, GRANTS, UPDATES, just the right chmods and trying setup.asp, setup.asp?RC=5, setup_login.asp got it done. I want to thank all at Snitz Forum 2000 forum and the mysql maillist for all there help! Thanks, eeehaah BTW, the info returned by mysql_install_db about setting root password is wrong, there must be no space between u and root; /mysqladmin -uroot -p password 'yourdesiredpassword' and /mysqladmin -uroot -h yoururl.there.com -p password 'yourdesiredpassword' worked. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php