Ubuntu – Where is Anacron mailing job output

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I have a job that is run by anacron. In the syslog I see messages like:

Apr  6 06:11:09 host anacron[1031]: Job `myJob' terminated (mailing output)

but I never see that mail. If I run that same job through cron the output is mailed to /var/mail/username. Where is anacron mailing the output?

Best Answer

Most likely anacron is executing the jobs as root, so the mail isn't being sent to your user. You might what to use /etc/aliases to get the mail at your normal address. Like so:

root: your@email.com

Or to use a file:

root: /file/name

See man 5 aliases for more information.

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