- Start WinSCP. Login Dialog will appear.
- Select your File protocol and choose SFTP.
- Fill the Host name field with your server hostname , username as root and root’s password in the Password‘s field, for Port number use 22.
- Click over Save button and type site name.
- Click over Login to connect.
Thus, with the above given steps you can connect FTP/SFTP as root.
Check out the video tutorial to get in detailed procedure. Also, you may refer to given blog.