A bit complicated but I resolved it. I reverted back to the previous version and discovered to my surprise that all the texts were gone. So I reverted again back to version 1.3 and imported through SSH, and there MySQL a backup I had previously made. Even though the images didn't show up, they did after I reimported it. The issue with the sysop rights remains though. One question, in the database I can see that the usergroups the ug_group variable is set to varbinary(16) NOW it has me assigned as sysop and bureaucrat, (all in lowercase) however I don't seem to have those rights. Trying to change it to Sysop and Bureaucrat will add trailing zeros, does anybody have any idea? In your database is the ug_group variable also set to varbinary(16)? Since I have an inking that this is the cause of the trailing zeros. How can I change that? Henny (Lee Hae Kang) ----------------------------- http://www.henny-savenije.pe.kr Portal to all my sites http://www.hendrick-hamel.henny-savenije.pe.kr (in English) Feel free to discover Korea with Hendrick Hamel (1653-1666) http://www.hendrick-hamel.henny-savenije.pe.kr/indexk2.htm In Korean http://www.hendrick-hamel.henny-savenije.pe.kr/Dutch In Dutch http://www.vos.henny-savenije.pe.kr Frits Vos Article about Witsen and Eibokken and his first Korean-Dutch dictionary http://www.cartography.henny-savenije.pe.kr (in English) Korea through Western Cartographic eyes http://www.hwasong.henny-savenije.pe.kr Hwasong the fortress in Suwon http://www.oldKorea.henny-savenije.pe.kr Old Korea in pictures http://www.british.henny-savenije.pe.kr A British encounter in Pusan (1797) http://www.genealogy.henny-savenije.pe.kr/ Genealogy http://www.henny-savenije.pe.kr/phorum Bulletin board for Korean studies