diff --git a/winsup/cygserver/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygserver/ChangeLog
index 696057060..653f531fb 100644
--- a/winsup/cygserver/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygserver/ChangeLog
@@ -7,6 +7,22 @@
 
 	* client.cc: Throughout, fix debug output of signed byte count value.
 
+2014-05-19  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* bsd_mutex.cc (msleep_sync_array::~msleep_sync_array): New destructor
+	to make Coverity happy (CID 59838).
+
+2014-05-19  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* bsd_helper.cc (ipcexit_creat_hookthread): Delete shs to make
+	Coverity happy (CID 59993).
+	* transport_pipes.cc (transport_layer_pipes::listen): Make listen_pipe
+	and connect_pipe statics to make Coverity happy (CID 60010/60011).
+
+2014-04-16  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* cygserver-config: Use numeric id 18 instead of "system" in chown.
+
 2014-04-07  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* process.cc (process::process): Only notice that signal_arrived is
diff --git a/winsup/cygserver/bsd_helper.cc b/winsup/cygserver/bsd_helper.cc
index ae4e07e11..524817f1d 100644
--- a/winsup/cygserver/bsd_helper.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygserver/bsd_helper.cc
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ ipcexit_creat_hookthread (struct thread *td)
   HANDLE thread = CreateThread (NULL, 0, ipcexit_hookthread, shs, 0, &tid);
   if (!thread)
     {
+      delete shs;
       log (LOG_CRIT, "failed to create thread, error = %u", GetLastError ());
       return cygwin_internal (CW_GET_ERRNO_FROM_WINERROR,
 			      GetLastError (), ENOMEM);
diff --git a/winsup/cygserver/bsd_mutex.cc b/winsup/cygserver/bsd_mutex.cc
index 02896bb6d..66c4b2398 100644
--- a/winsup/cygserver/bsd_mutex.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygserver/bsd_mutex.cc
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ public:
       panic ("Allocating msleep records failed: %d", errno);
   }
 
+  ~msleep_sync_array () { delete a; }
+
   HANDLE enter (void *ident)
   {
     HANDLE evt = NULL;
diff --git a/winsup/cygserver/cygserver-config b/winsup/cygserver/cygserver-config
index f9515e71e..b8f441c3d 100755
--- a/winsup/cygserver/cygserver-config
+++ b/winsup/cygserver/cygserver-config
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ then
     exit 1
   fi
   chmod 664 "${SYSCONFDIR}/cygserver.conf"
-  chown system.544 "${SYSCONFDIR}/cygserver.conf"
+  chown 18.544 "${SYSCONFDIR}/cygserver.conf"
 fi
 
 # On NT ask if cygserver should be installed as service
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ then
       echo "To start it, call \`net start cygserver' or \`cygrunsrv -S cygserver'."
     fi
     touch "${LOCALSTATEDIR}/log/cygserver.log"
-    chown system.544 "${LOCALSTATEDIR}/log/cygserver.log"
+    chown 18.544 "${LOCALSTATEDIR}/log/cygserver.log"
   fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/winsup/cygserver/transport_pipes.cc b/winsup/cygserver/transport_pipes.cc
index 8f3760741..fd5ef0914 100644
--- a/winsup/cygserver/transport_pipes.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygserver/transport_pipes.cc
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ transport_layer_pipes::~transport_layer_pipes ()
 
 #ifndef __INSIDE_CYGWIN__
 
+static HANDLE listen_pipe;
+static HANDLE connect_pipe;
+
 int
 transport_layer_pipes::listen ()
 {
@@ -94,16 +97,19 @@ transport_layer_pipes::listen ()
 
   debug ("Try to create named pipe: %ls", _pipe_name);
 
-  HANDLE listen_pipe =
+  /* We have to create the first instance of the listening pipe here, and
+     we also have to create at least one instance of the client side to avoid
+     a race condition.
+     See https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2012-11/threads.html#00144 */
+  listen_pipe =
     CreateNamedPipeW (_pipe_name,
 		      PIPE_ACCESS_DUPLEX | FILE_FLAG_FIRST_PIPE_INSTANCE,
 		      PIPE_TYPE_BYTE | PIPE_WAIT, PIPE_UNLIMITED_INSTANCES,
 		      0, 0, 1000, &sec_all_nih);
   if (listen_pipe != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
     {
-      HANDLE connect_pipe =
-	CreateFileW (_pipe_name, GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, 0, &sec_all_nih,
-		     OPEN_EXISTING, 0, NULL);
+      connect_pipe = CreateFileW (_pipe_name, GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, 0,
+				  &sec_all_nih, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, NULL);
       if (connect_pipe == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
 	{
 	  CloseHandle (listen_pipe);