--- vixie-cron-4.1/cron.c.permit_any_crontab_option	2004-07-21 09:31:55.000000000 -0400
+++ vixie-cron-4.1/cron.c	2005-01-11 13:17:00.944319000 -0500
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 usage(void) {
 	const char **dflags;
 
-	fprintf(stderr, "usage:  %s [-n] [-x [", ProgramName);
+	fprintf(stderr, "usage:  %s [-n] [-p] [-x [", ProgramName);
 	for (dflags = DebugFlagNames; *dflags; dflags++)
 		fprintf(stderr, "%s%s", *dflags, dflags[1] ? "," : "]");
 	fprintf(stderr, "]\n");
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@
 parse_args(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	int argch;
 
-	while (-1 != (argch = getopt(argc, argv, "nx:"))) {
+	while (-1 != (argch = getopt(argc, argv, "npx:"))) {
 		switch (argch) {
 		default:
 			usage();
@@ -445,6 +445,9 @@
 		case 'n':
 			NoFork = 1;
 			break;
+		case 'p':
+		        PermitAnyCrontab=1;
+			break;
 		}
 	}
 }
--- vixie-cron-4.1/database.c.permit_any_crontab_option	2005-01-11 12:47:58.363083000 -0500
+++ vixie-cron-4.1/database.c	2005-01-11 12:47:58.494951000 -0500
@@ -257,22 +257,26 @@
 		log_it(fname, getpid(), "FSTAT FAILED", tabname);
 		goto next_crontab;
 	}
-	if (!S_ISREG(statbuf->st_mode)) {
-		log_it(fname, getpid(), "NOT REGULAR", tabname);
-		goto next_crontab;
-	}
-	if ((statbuf->st_mode & 07733) != 0600) {
-		log_it(fname, getpid(), "BAD FILE MODE", tabname);
-		goto next_crontab;
-	}
-	if (statbuf->st_uid != ROOT_UID && (pw == NULL ||
-	    statbuf->st_uid != pw->pw_uid || strcmp(uname, pw->pw_name) != 0)) {
-		log_it(fname, getpid(), "WRONG FILE OWNER", tabname);
-		goto next_crontab;
-	}
-	if (statbuf->st_nlink != 1) {
-		log_it(fname, getpid(), "BAD LINK COUNT", tabname);
-		goto next_crontab;
+
+	if ( PermitAnyCrontab == 0 )
+	{
+	    if (!S_ISREG(statbuf->st_mode)) {
+		    log_it(fname, getpid(), "NOT REGULAR", tabname);
+		    goto next_crontab;
+	    }
+	    if ((statbuf->st_mode & 07533) != 0400) {
+		    log_it(fname, getpid(), "BAD FILE MODE", tabname);
+		    goto next_crontab;
+	    }
+	    if (statbuf->st_uid != ROOT_UID && (pw == NULL ||
+		statbuf->st_uid != pw->pw_uid || strcmp(uname, pw->pw_name) != 0)) {
+		    log_it(fname, getpid(), "WRONG FILE OWNER", tabname);
+		    goto next_crontab;
+	    }
+	    if (statbuf->st_nlink != 1) {
+		    log_it(fname, getpid(), "BAD LINK COUNT", tabname);
+		    goto next_crontab;
+	    }
 	}
 
 	Debug(DLOAD, ("\t%s:", fname))
--- vixie-cron-4.1/globals.h.permit_any_crontab_option	2004-07-21 09:31:55.000000000 -0400
+++ vixie-cron-4.1/globals.h	2005-01-11 12:47:58.505940000 -0500
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 XTRN int	LineNumber INIT(0);
 XTRN time_t	StartTime INIT(0);
 XTRN int	NoFork INIT(0);
+XTRN int        PermitAnyCrontab INIT(0);
 
 #if DEBUGGING
 XTRN int	DebugFlags INIT(0);
--- vixie-cron-4.1/cron.8.permit_any_crontab_option	2005-01-11 12:47:58.341105000 -0500
+++ vixie-cron-4.1/cron.8	2005-01-11 12:47:58.516929000 -0500
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 .RB [ \-l
 .IR load_avg ]
 .RB [ \-n ]
+.RB [ \-p ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .I Cron
 should be started from /etc/rc or /etc/rc.local.  It will return immediately,
@@ -89,11 +90,12 @@
 .IR syslog (3).
 .SH CAVEATS
 In this version of
-.BR cron ,
-/etc/crontab must not be writable by any user other than root.
-No crontab files may be links, or linked to by any other file.
-No crontab files may be executable, or be writable by any user
-other than their owner.
+.BR cron
+, without the -p option,
+/etc/crontab must not be writable by any user other than root,
+no crontab files may be links, or linked to by any other file,
+and no crontab files may be executable, or be writable by any
+user other than their owner.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .IR crontab (1),
 .IR crontab (5),