Index: stunnel-4.21/src/stunnel.c
===================================================================
--- stunnel-4.21.orig/src/stunnel.c
+++ stunnel-4.21/src/stunnel.c
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_CHROOT
         make_chroot();
 #endif /* HAVE_CHROOT */
-    drop_privileges();
     create_pid();
+    drop_privileges();
 #endif /* !defined USE_WIN32 && !defined (__vms) */
     /* create exec+connect services */
     for(opt=local_options.next; opt; opt=opt->next) {
@@ -433,8 +433,10 @@
     s_log(LOG_DEBUG, "removing pid file %s", options.pidfile);
     if((unsigned long)getpid()!=options.dpid)
         return; /* current process is not main daemon process */
-    if(unlink(options.pidfile)<0)
-        ioerror(options.pidfile); /* not critical */
+    if(unlink(options.pidfile)<0) {
+        if(errno!=EACCES && errno!=ENOENT)
+            ioerror(options.pidfile); /* not critical */
+    }
 }
 
 static void signal_handler(int sig) { /* signal handler */