Failed to open /var/mail/root : No such file or directory Rumi, August 21, 2017 If you’re receiving the following message on webmin- “Failed to open /var/mail/root : No such file or directory”. Possible resolution is- rumi@mordor:~$ rumi@mordor:~$ sudo touch /var/mail/rumi rumi@mordor:~$ sudo chown thufir:mail /var/mail/rumi rumi@mordor:~$ sudo chmod o-r /var/mail/rumi rumi@mordor:~$ sudo chmod g+rw /var/mail/rumi rumi@mordor:~$ rumi@mordor:~$ mail No mail for thufir thufir@mordor:~$ Administrations Configurations (Linux) Postfix