[sh @ snell] /etc/cron.daily 34 % ls -l
total 44
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  393 Sep  9 18:11 logrotate
-rwx------  1 root root  948 Sep 13 01:58 suse-clean_catman
-rwx------  1 root root 1196 Sep 13 01:58 suse-do_mandb
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  719 Sep 13 02:12 suse-tetex
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 1875 Sep  1  2003 suse.de-backup-rc.config
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 2059 Sep  8  2003 suse.de-backup-rpmdb
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  566 Jul 23  2004 suse.de-check-battery
-rwx------  1 root root 1761 Sep  9 18:26 suse.de-clean-core
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 1320 Jul 27 15:28 suse.de-clean-tmp
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  371 Sep  1  2003 suse.de-cron-local
-rwx------  1 root root 1538 Sep  9 18:26 suse.de-updatedb


[sh @ snell] /etc/cron.daily 35 % ls -l | grep '....---'
-rwx------  1 root root  948 Sep 13 01:58 suse-clean_catman
-rwx------  1 root root 1196 Sep 13 01:58 suse-do_mandb
-rwx------  1 root root 1761 Sep  9 18:26 suse.de-clean-core
-rwx------  1 root root 1538 Sep  9 18:26 suse.de-updatedb

There is really no reason whatsoever to have permissions for those cron jobs that restrictive. They should all be 755. There is nothing secret in them.

suse-clean_catman and suse.de-updatedb belong to package "man" -> werner@suse.de