Root SFTP Remote Login

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You may need to enable SSH, however, you are receiving a prompt, so most likely is already active, just in case:

sudo update-rc.d ssh enable

if security is high, edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config

sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
# comment
#PermitRootLogin without-password
# and add
PermitRootLogin yes
# and also
#StrictModes yes
StrictModes no #<-- THIS CHANGE MADE IT WORK

then, restart the ssh service:

sudo invoke-rc.d ssh restart
# or
sudo service ssh restart