Can't mount as root user, but other users work

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
linux, ubuntu
Domain
networking, operating-systems

Research direction

Reproduce the mount with sshfs-win against Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04, comparing root and non-root users while confirming that SFTP as root works. Trace the root-user mount path and document or fix the difference so root and non-root connections behave consistently.

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Description

I have two Ubuntu servers, one with 14.04, the other with 16.04, both with sshd enabled for root user. I'm trying to mount them as network drives, but I can only connect when I use a non-root user.

For example:

\\sshfs\someuser@server.com does work
\\sshfs\root@server.com does not work

Same thing on both servers. I am able to use sftp as root without issue to them. Anything I should try?

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