{"id":215,"date":"2015-04-27T13:34:03","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T13:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betakb.veeble.org\/?p=215"},"modified":"2025-04-21T15:37:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T10:07:28","slug":"sftp-as-root","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.veeble.com\/kb\/sftp-as-root\/","title":{"rendered":"Configure putty SFTP client to access the Linux server as root from Windows PC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It is not possible to access the server as a &#8220;root&#8221; user via FTP. If you wish to access the root directory of the server, you can use secureSSH using tools like PuTTY or WinSCP. You can configure PuTTY as below:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Download the PuTTy sftp client <a class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\/\/the.earth.li\/~sgtatham\/putty\/latest\/x86\/psftp.exe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/the.earth.li\/~sgtatham\/putty\/latest\/x86\/psftp.exe<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Open the command line interface&nbsp;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">1. Go to \"Start &gt;&gt; Run\"\n2. Enter \"cmd\" and click on \"OK\" button.\n\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Go to the directory where psftp.exe is located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Type &#8220;psftp.exe xx.xxx.xx.xxx -P 2200&#8221; to access your server. &lt; Where&nbsp;: xx.xxx.xx.xxx is the IP address &gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. log in as root.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">C:\\Documents and Settings\\user\\Desktop&gt;psftp.exe xx.xxx.xx.xxx -P 2200\nThe server's host key is not cached in the registry. You\nhave no guarantee that the server is the computer you\nthink it is.\nThe server's rsa2 key fingerprint is:\nssh-rsa 2048 13:fe:d5:d4:43:66:c7:93:03:ed:08:09:ac:e4:95:24\nIf you trust this host, enter \"y\" to add the key to\nPuTTY's cache and carry on connecting.\nIf you want to carry on connecting just once, without\nadding the key to the cache, enter \"n\".\nIf you do not trust this host, press Return to abandon the\nconnection.\nStore key in cache? (y\/n) y\nlogin as: root\nroot@67.222.12.133's password:\nRemote working directory is \/root\npsftp&gt;\n\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>6. 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