diff -up cronie-1.2/src/database.c.old cronie-1.2/src/database.c
--- cronie-1.2/src/database.c.old	2008-06-26 14:56:00.000000000 +0200
+++ cronie-1.2/src/database.c	2008-12-19 12:21:15.000000000 +0100
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ check_open(const char *tabname, const ch
 	int crontab_fd;
 	pid_t pid = getpid();
 
-	if ((crontab_fd = open(tabname, O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_NOFOLLOW, 0)) == -1) {
+	if ((crontab_fd = open(tabname, O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK, 0)) == -1) {
 		log_it(uname, pid, "CAN'T OPEN", tabname, errno);
 		return(-1);
 	}