1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/crond.c b/miscutils/crond.c
index fddddcd8c..7f2d54c9f 100644
--- a/miscutils/crond.c
+++ b/miscutils/crond.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static void crondlog(const char *ctl, ...)
                 /* Syslog mode: all to syslog (logmode = LOGMODE_SYSLOG), */
                 if (!DebugOpt && G.log_filename) {
                         /* Otherwise (log to file): we reopen log file at every write: */
-                        int logfd = open3_or_warn(G.log_filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_APPEND, 0666);
+                        int logfd = open_or_warn(G.log_filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_APPEND);
                         if (logfd >= 0)
                                 xmove_fd(logfd, STDERR_FILENO);
                 }