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problem with /var/mail directory

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Hi,

There is no "administrator" file in "/var/mail" directory........
can any one tell me what could be the reason for that?...and also how to resolve that???

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Hi,

may you provide more details about the issue? (what os, software, what actions you or the system is trying to perform, fragments of error logs reporting the problem, etc.)
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problem with /var/mail directory

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Thanks for your reply....

OS-Ubuntu 10.04
I need to execute test scripts using "crontab".....and parallely i need to verify the execution ... 
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Can you please tell me,
 Is "administrator"(user_name)  file is default in  "/var/mail" directory?
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cd /var/mail/
sudo vi administrator
save and quiet using "wq"
sudo chown -v administrator administrator->To change ownership because initially it is "root"
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Above commands working perfectly..
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I dont know whether some other ways are there (or) not..
let me know,if any other ways are there??? 

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Surely the name of the administration user is "root" ?
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