In CGI or FastCGI modes PHP runs with permissions of the domains FTP user.
FTP user is not allowed to write in the sessions directory. This means that customer who run php in cgi can not use sessions.
Parallels has a patched version of phpMyAdmin-2.11.?9.5-all-languages and script to migrate settings from phpMyAdmin-2.8.2.4 installed with Plesk.
To install phpMyAdmin 2.11.?9.5 you need to:
1. Download the archive and unpack it.
~# wget http://download1.parallels.com/Plesk/Autoupdate/phpmyadmin.zip
~# unzip phpMyAdmin.zip
2. Extract patched phpMyAdmin:
~# cd phpMyAdmin
~# tar -xzf phpMyAdmin-2.11.9.5-all-languages.tar.gz
3. Migrate settings from installed phpMyAdmin to new one:
~# cd phpMyAdmin-2.11.9.5-all-languages && sh ../migrate_settings.sh
4. Backup files of installed phpMyAdmin (you can remove it later):
~# mv /usr/local/psa/admin/htdocs/domains/databases/phpMyAdmin /usr/local/psa/admin/htdocs/domains/databases/phpMyAdmin.old
5. Move files of new phpMyAdmin to Parallels Panel root directory:
~# cd ../
~# mv phpMyAdmin-2.11.9.5-all-languages /usr/local/psa/admin/htdocs/domains/databases/phpMyAdmin
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a workarround:
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