Magento

I’m using media temple’s dedicated virtual and I am getting the following error during the config/installation process. 

Path “/var/www/vhosts/XXX/httpdocs/magento/var/session/sess_n5e1nfuh1hbjdhk5jolg5ckik6” must be writable

I set the permissions as guided by here:  http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/mediatemple_installation_guide_-_dedicated-virtual_server

and I have been playing around with the permissions with just that file, but have had not luck.

Any suggestions?

Same issue.  Running on the Media Temple DV 3.5 which has PHP 5.2.5 installed (verified by phpinfo).  All permissions are set to 777 and continues to error (same as above minus the session name).

The problem was with the PHP Safe Mode being set to “on”.  In Plesk, allow the domain administrator to change the PHP Safe Mode variable in their control panel.  Log in as that client and uncheck the safe mode “on” check box.  Worked just fine after that change.

thanks i was having the same problem. good fix.