diff -up cronie-1.4.11/src/crontab.c.root cronie-1.4.11/src/crontab.c

--- cronie-1.4.11/src/crontab.c.root	2017-03-07 13:52:23.000000000 +0100

+++ cronie-1.4.11/src/crontab.c	2017-03-07 13:53:40.491278915 +0100

@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

 	}

 #if defined(WITH_PAM)

-	if (cron_start_pam(pw) != PAM_SUCCESS) {

+	if (getuid() != 0 && cron_start_pam(pw) != PAM_SUCCESS) {

 		fprintf(stderr,

 			"You (%s) are not allowed to access to (%s) because of pam configuration.\n",

 			User, ProgramName);