# DreamHost problems (SSH)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dreamhost-problems-ssh/80195>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 13, 2006, 6:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dreamhost-problems-ssh/80195 "2006-03-13T06:01:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryan)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 6:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dreamhost-problems-ssh/80195/1 "2006-03-13T06:01:28Z")

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I’m trying to setup my rails app using a command line tool, but I can’t  
connect. I’m using SSH Secure Shell, and when I do connect, it says  
“This account is setup for FTP access only.”

How can I setup my rails application? Or can I just copy the folders  
over, just making sure it’s under the folder “[mydomain.com](http://mydomain.com)” ?

Please help! Thanks…

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**Author:** ![ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryan)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 6:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dreamhost-problems-ssh/80195/2 "2006-03-13T06:36:13Z")

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You need to set your account to have Shell access. You can do this in  
their  
admin pages, under Manage Users - edit the settings for your user  
account  
and the Shell setting is right after changing the user’s name.

If you want to use Capistrano to deploy your app (and you should), you  
should make sure to use the /bin/bash shell (which is the default)

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**Author:** ![ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryan)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 8:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dreamhost-problems-ssh/80195/3 "2006-03-13T08:50:06Z")

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ryan wrote:

> Or can I just copy the folders  
> over, just making sure it’s under the folder “[mydomain.com](http://mydomain.com)” ?

As above but I’m pretty sure you can just copy the folders and files. I  
did that with Typo and had no problems.

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**Author:** ![ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryan)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dreamhost-problems-ssh/80195/4 "2006-03-14T00:31:09Z")

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ryan wrote:

> How can I setup my rails application? Or can I just copy the folders  
> over, just making sure it’s under the folder “[mydomain.com](http://mydomain.com)” ?

There’s good guidance here:

[http://www.railshosting.org/#dreamhost](http://www.railshosting.org/#dreamhost)

regards

Justin