diff --git a/console.php b/console.php
index d30db9adb6ee5..0317db90fc133 100644
--- a/console.php
+++ b/console.php
@@ -63,15 +63,17 @@ function exceptionHandler($exception) {
 		echo "The posix extensions are required - see https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.posix.php" . PHP_EOL;
 		exit(1);
 	}
-	$user = posix_getuid();
-	$configUser = fileowner(OC::$configDir . 'config.php');
-	if ($user !== $configUser) {
-		echo "Console has to be executed with the user that owns the file config/config.php" . PHP_EOL;
-		echo "Current user id: " . $user . PHP_EOL;
-		echo "Owner id of config.php: " . $configUser . PHP_EOL;
-		echo "Try adding 'sudo -u #" . $configUser . "' to the beginning of the command (without the single quotes)" . PHP_EOL;
-		echo "If running with 'docker exec' try adding the option '-u " . $configUser . "' to the docker command (without the single quotes)" . PHP_EOL;
-		exit(1);
+	if (!\OC::$server->getConfig()->getSystemValue('config_is_read_only', false)) {
+		$user = posix_getuid();
+		$configUser = fileowner(OC::$configDir . 'config.php');
+		if ($user !== $configUser) {
+			echo "Console has to be executed with the user that owns the file config/config.php" . PHP_EOL;
+			echo "Current user id: " . $user . PHP_EOL;
+			echo "Owner id of config.php: " . $configUser . PHP_EOL;
+			echo "Try adding 'sudo -u #" . $configUser . "' to the beginning of the command (without the single quotes)" . PHP_EOL;
+			echo "If running with 'docker exec' try adding the option '-u " . $configUser . "' to the docker command (without the single quotes)" . PHP_EOL;
+			exit(1);
+		}
 	}
 
 	$oldWorkingDir = getcwd();
diff --git a/cron.php b/cron.php
index 7d661621ed090..6009bf254e445 100644
--- a/cron.php
+++ b/cron.php
@@ -96,13 +96,15 @@
 			exit(1);
 		}
 
-		$user = posix_getuid();
-		$configUser = fileowner(OC::$configDir . 'config.php');
-		if ($user !== $configUser) {
-			echo "Console has to be executed with the user that owns the file config/config.php" . PHP_EOL;
-			echo "Current user id: " . $user . PHP_EOL;
-			echo "Owner id of config.php: " . $configUser . PHP_EOL;
-			exit(1);
+		if (!$config->getSystemValue('config_is_read_only', false)) {
+			$user = posix_getuid();
+			$configUser = fileowner(OC::$configDir . 'config.php');
+			if ($user !== $configUser) {
+				echo "Cron has to be executed with the user that owns the file config/config.php" . PHP_EOL;
+				echo "Current user id: " . $user . PHP_EOL;
+				echo "Owner id of config.php: " . $configUser . PHP_EOL;
+				exit(1);
+			}
 		}