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);