Assuming Setup.pl  (Assuming version 2.6.12) worked AND IF you had no mods, you MAY be able to run the conversion tools to retrieve the old data from your old forum even though it doesn't work.

Ok, with my old forum not running, I can't go to the Admin Center and run the conversion utility. Is there a work around?

The problem with upgrading from a very old version is that the scripts that convert the forum data may not be able to do the conversion correctly. (So be warned - it may not work.)

Any special challenges upgrading from that old a version? Should I go to the newest version?

The Perl installation on your server has been updated to the point that your version of YaBB simply won't run.

Can you help? My yabb forum is giving a Can't locate Paths.pl in @INC error. Website is rbentonline.org.

Really odd.  Removed them all and it still backs up everything else but the Attachments and Avatars.  Was all good before the upgrade.  Not the end of the world as I can go in and zip them up every now and then but I just hate it when things don’t work as they should.

I think the error has to do the data from the Attachments folder not being opened for reading properly for the zip function.

Try removing those folders from the backup list. (in cPanel you can zip those folders from the file manager.)

BTW, after the last upgrade here I can't use the yabb backup at all. It starts but never actually starts. No error but no status popup, no backup lock, nothing.

Always seems to be something.

Since the Host Upgrade.  I run the YaBB Backup from Admin Panel.  Everything goes well except for the last one - yabbfiles/Attachments and yabbfiles/avatars/UserAvatar

I am getting this error.

 'zip -gqr /home/aussiec1/public_html/cgi-bin/yabb2/Backups/backup.1736818815.upld.zip /home/aussiec1/public_html/yabbfiles/Attachments' can't be used: Inappropriate ioctl for device. Error code: 0 

Any thoughts??

Many thanks.

Just YaBB.pl and Admin.pl (and any mods that have the shebang, assuming there are any.)

Dandello

Do any other files need that shebang changed?

General observation on server techs - they don't know anymore about Perl than they can get from about 5 minutes of web searching. If you're very very lucky, you might come across one who has actually worked with Perl and has a clue OR had another client with similar problems.

Just sayin' 

UPDATE

On advice I changed the shebang to

 #!/usr/bin/perl
 use cPanelUserConfig; 

I am now able to use the forum, post messages and upload images.

You would have thought that with a new server they should have picked that up straight away.   

Done.

Admin panel is now showing CGI installed.

I can now post to the forum however cannot post an image.  Getting the 500 error.

Any ideas?

I am also getting the 500 error at:

 https://www.aussiecampovenforum.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/ModuleChecker.pl 

Any ideas on that??