[Permission denied: '/Users' on amazon instance during file upload with django and mod_wsgi
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when trying to upload files on my ubuntu amazon instance running django 1.4 through mod_wsgi I get an error 

    Exception Value:  [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Users'
    Exception Location:	/usr/lib/python2.7/os.py in makedirs, line 157
    Python Executable:	/usr/bin/python
    Python Version:	2.7.3

I hope someone can explain what is causing it.