Index: stunnel-4.14/src/stunnel.c
===================================================================
--- stunnel-4.14.orig/src/stunnel.c
+++ stunnel-4.14/src/stunnel.c
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ static void daemon_loop(void) {
 #if !defined (USE_WIN32) && !defined (__vms)
     if(!(options.option.foreground))
         daemonize();
-    drop_privileges();
     create_pid();
+    drop_privileges();
 #endif /* !defined USE_WIN32 && !defined (__vms) */
 
     /* create exec+connect services */
@@ -420,8 +420,10 @@ static void delete_pid(void) {
     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 */