--- ./crontab.c.orig 2010-01-18 09:27:31.000000000 -0600 +++ ./crontab.c 2010-02-11 16:38:03.000000000 -0600 @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ * Read from repFd, write to fd for "$CDir/$USER.new" */ snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s.new", pas->pw_name); - if ((fd = open(path, O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_EXCL|O_APPEND|O_WRONLY, 0600)) >= 0) { + if ((fd = open(path, O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_APPEND|O_WRONLY, 0600)) >= 0) { while ((n = read(repFd, buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0) { write(fd, buf, n); }