Accessing web folder using SSH?

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This Dreamhost support thread was started by cdprop on 2009-04-14 22:54:11:

Post Reply? Hi. Please bear with me because I’m sort of new to bash and ssh and web programming and all that. I have an ssh account set up, but the problem I’m having is that the folder that contains all my web stuff seems hidden. That is, if I connect to my web space using FTP, I see three folders: mydomain.com logs Maildir (note: mydomain.com is just a placeholder, but you get the idea) However, when I connect using ssh, and I call the ls command from whichever directory I start in (my home directory, I presume), all I see is: logs Maildir If I try to cd mydomain.com, it says: -bash: cd: mydomain.com: No such file or directory Now, like I said, I have no problem accessing that folder when connecting via FTP, but with ssh it’s just not there for some reason, and I can’t find it. I tried to get my bearings, because typically the bash prompt will tell me what directory I’m in (for most systems I’ve used), but in this case, the prompt just says [apocalypes] all the time, so I have no idea. So, I tried to cd .. and then ls to sort of “get a view from above”, but when I ran the ls command, it told me that permission has been denied. Since I had no idea where I was, I had no choice but to cd ~. Speaking of which, I tried typing: cd ~/mydomain.com and it told me: -bash: cd: /home/shelluser/mydomain.com: No such file or directory So I guess that answers the question of where my home dir is, but I still can’t seem to access that web folder.

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