to you) SSH to [yourdomain.com] and remove the current directory (containing the public directory) Dreamhost has automatically created. (Capistrano needs to create this as a symbolic link later.): # On your Dreamhost server [nimitz]$ pwd /home/cape [nimitz]$ cd myrailsapp.com/ [nimitz]$ ls current [nimitz]$ rm -r current/ [nimitz]$ ls [nimitz]$ Start PuTTY, enter