If anyone still experiences this problem (SFTP locations mounting for the user but not for root), this solved it for me:
sudo mv /root/.ssh/known_hosts /root/.ssh/old_known_hosts (You might have an expired or invalid SSH key in /root/.ssh/known_hosts) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Simple Backup Maintainers, which is subscribed to sbackup in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648754 Title: Can't mount ftp location _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~nssbackup-team Post to : nssbackup-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~nssbackup-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp