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my ubuntu machine has pagers for taking screenshots, it is working when I run manually

root@bobby:~# pageres https://example.com 480x320 --format=jpg --filename 'page' --overwrite

But, when I enable cron entry it is not working and throwing MTA error, probably due to the output enabled.

* * * * * su bobby "/usr/bin/pageres https://example.com 480x320 --format=jpg --filename 'page' --overwrite" >> log.log

* * * * * su bobby "pageres https://example.com" >> log.log

both commands are not working.

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  • Depending on where you create your cron entry as root you won't need to use su or sudo to run a command/script under a different UID, the system crontab file format supports a sixt field requiring a user-name and which allows you to do that directly. - In addition to the duplicate link: a top reason cron jobs fail is that people don't use absolute path names to commands, files and directories – HBruijn Nov 15 '18 at 09:30

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