Thanks. Yes, I follow your instructions. I had looked at the old folders and files and changed the permissions/groups/owners on the new copy of the folders and files to match the old ones.
It will be a while before get to a point where I can start/stop mysql. Once I do and once I copy the flat files and repair the tables, I'll give it a try. If it doesn't work, I will reinstall ubbthreads and rebuild my databases from a backup that is just a couple of days old.
Thanks again.
