diff -rupN lockout-0.2.3/etc/cron.d/lockout lockout_patched/etc/cron.d/lockout
--- lockout-0.2.3/etc/cron.d/lockout	2013-07-29 14:56:11.722783655 -0300
+++ lockout_patched/etc/cron.d/lockout	2013-07-29 14:58:27.311575882 -0300
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # lockout needs to check every minute whether it's time to unlock
-*/1 * * * *	root	/usr/bin/lockout unlock >/dev/null 2>&1
+*/1 * * * *	/usr/bin/lockout unlock >/dev/null 2>&1
 
 # rebooting *MUST* restore the root password
-@reboot	        root	/usr/bin/lockout unlock force >/dev/null 2>&1
+@reboot	        /usr/bin/lockout unlock force >/dev/null 2>&1
diff -rupN lockout-0.2.3/usr/bin/lockout lockout_patched/usr/bin/lockout
--- lockout-0.2.3/usr/bin/lockout	2013-07-29 14:56:16.562527557 -0300
+++ lockout_patched/usr/bin/lockout	2013-07-29 15:24:14.180135051 -0300
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ be unlocked.
 
 /etc/cron.d/lockout B<must> contain the following two entries:
 
-    */1 * * * *	        root	/usr/bin/lockout unlock >/dev/null 2>&1
-    @reboot	        root	/usr/bin/lockout unlock force >/dev/null 2>&1
+    */1 * * * *	        /usr/bin/lockout unlock >/dev/null 2>&1
+    @reboot	        /usr/bin/lockout unlock force >/dev/null 2>&1
 
 The examples that follow assume you are using L<sudo(8)> and you have a file,
 F</etc/lockout/sudoers.normal> which is the normal F</etc/sudoers> file, and
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ sub lock {
   my ($unlock, $unlock_force) = (0, 0);
   while(<CRONTAB>) {
     my $valid = 0;
-    /^\s*\*\/1\s+\*\s+\*\s+\*\s+\*\s+root\s+(\S+)\s+unlock\s*.*$/ and $valid = $unlock = 1;
-    /^\s*\@reboot\s+root\s+(\S+)\s+unlock\s+force\s*.*$/ and $valid = $unlock_force = 1;
+    /^\s*\*\/1\s+\*\s+\*\s+\*\s+\*\s+(\S+)\s+unlock\s*.*$/ and $valid = $unlock = 1;
+    /^\s*\@reboot\s+(\S+)\s+unlock\s+force\s*.*$/ and $valid = $unlock_force = 1;
 
     if($valid) {
       -x $1 or print "$1 does not exist or is not executable.  run 'crontab -u root -e'\n" and exit -1;
@@ -273,8 +273,8 @@ sub lock {
     print <<EOF;
 Your $CRONTAB should contain:
 
-/1 * * * *	root	/usr/bin/lockout unlock
-\@reboot	root	/usr/bin/lockout unlock force
+/1 * * * *	/usr/bin/lockout unlock
+\@reboot	/usr/bin/lockout unlock force
 EOF
     exit -1;
   }