[curtiss]

Thanks for all of the help guys. I think I finally got everything up and running properly.

I ended up removing everything, and re-installing it again. I'm not sure what the problem was, but once I re-installed everything, it still wouldn't start up. I ended up updating the permissions for my folders (although, I'm 99% certain they were correct when it wasn't working before the re-install), and that got things working most of the way. Then, I was having trouble changing the password for my mySQL users, because I kept getting read-only errors. I did a little searching, and found out that I was getting that because I had manipulated some files while the mySQL server was running, which, apparently, is a big no-no. I stopped the server, removed all of my mySQL tables by hand, ran mysql_install_db again (this time, with the server not running), started the mySQL server back up again, and then was able to change (actually set) the passwords without any trouble.

I now have a working phpBB installation on my computer, I am working on getting YaBB set up (although, setting the permissions properly for YaBB within SuSE is an absolute nightmare), and then will begin working with HTML, SHTML, and PHP.

In case you're curious - the reason I've installed phpBB, and will be installing YaBB on my computer is: I am an admin at a few YaBB boards and two phpBB boards, and I would really like to be able to manipulate the boards, and play with various hacks, etc. without having to do so on the live installation.

Who knows - maybe I'll try my hand at installing an Invision or vBulletin set up as well, just to see how they differ.

Thanks again for all of the help. I am so grateful to everyone for helping me out, and I will hopefully be able to take my newfound knowledge to the next level once I convince my boss that we should set up a server within the office.