Thanks heaps for your help.....I ended up fixing the problem, it was with MySQL database accessing the nuke database....
But, with a quick visit over to
www.mysql.com it appears that all i had to do was grant myself privileges to view the database....for those in the same boat a myself, i shall let them in on a little secret...
1) first create the iBay, as stated in the message by Mike Kelly (thanks Mike)
2) untar your PHPNuke in your new ibay.
3) chmod 666 all files and 777 all directoried relating to the phpnuke site.
4) cd \to\your\ibay\html\sql and list the directory contents, and verify that you can see a file called "nuke.sql"
5) type mysqladmin create nuke
6) type mysql nuke < nuke
7) and this is the part that was most needed and made everything work for me......
shell> mysql --user=root mysql
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO root@localhost;
if that doesn't work, try replacing root with admin


cd \to\your\ibay\html\nuke and vi your config.php.....all you need to change is your domain....the localhost should work fine... Well, it did for me, and I am OVER THE MOON WITH HAPPINESS !!!
Thanks for your time, and I hope I have helped out with this indepth installation.....
Troy Starkey
http://www.bowenbytewise.com.au