--- src/usr.sbin/cron/cron/do_command.c	2004/12/18 22:48:03	1.6
+++ src/usr.sbin/cron/cron/do_command.c	2006/03/18 20:29:50	1.7
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ static void
 child_process(entry *e, user *u)
 {
 	int stdin_pipe[2], stdout_pipe[2];
+	int jitter;
 	char *input_data;
 	char *usernm, *mailto;
 	int children = 0;
@@ -159,6 +160,12 @@ child_process(entry *e, user *u)
 		Debug(DPROC, ("[%d] grandchild process Vfork()'ed\n",
 			      getpid()))
 
+		jitter = (e->uid == ROOT_UID) ? RootJitter : Jitter;
+		if (jitter != 0) {
+			srandom(getpid());
+			sleep(random() % jitter);
+		}
+
 		/* write a log message.  we've waited this long to do it
 		 * because it was not until now that we knew the PID that
 		 * the actual user command shell was going to get and the