diff --git a/src/ngircd/conn.c b/src/ngircd/conn.c
index 407da1a3..aa754eb4 100644
--- a/src/ngircd/conn.c
+++ b/src/ngircd/conn.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * ngIRCd -- The Next Generation IRC Daemon
- * Copyright (c)2001-2010 Alexander Barton <alex@barton.de>
+ * Copyright (c)2001-2011 Alexander Barton (alex@barton.de) and Contributors.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -435,12 +435,13 @@ Conn_Exit( void )
  * they don't hold connections open that the main process wants to close.
  */
 GLOBAL void
-Conn_CloseAllSockets(void)
+Conn_CloseAllSockets(int ExceptOf)
 {
 	CONN_ID idx;
 
 	for(idx = 0; idx < Pool_Size; idx++) {
-		if(My_Connections[idx].sock > NONE)
+		if(My_Connections[idx].sock > NONE &&
+		   My_Connections[idx].sock != ExceptOf)
 			close(My_Connections[idx].sock);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/ngircd/conn.h b/src/ngircd/conn.h
index c813729f..251da2a0 100644
--- a/src/ngircd/conn.h
+++ b/src/ngircd/conn.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * ngIRCd -- The Next Generation IRC Daemon
- * Copyright (c)2001-2010 Alexander Barton <alex@barton.de>
+ * Copyright (c)2001-2011 Alexander Barton (alex@barton.de) and Contributors.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ GLOBAL long WCounter;
 GLOBAL void Conn_Init PARAMS((void ));
 GLOBAL void Conn_Exit PARAMS(( void ));
 
-GLOBAL void Conn_CloseAllSockets PARAMS((void));
+GLOBAL void Conn_CloseAllSockets PARAMS((int ExceptOf));
 
 GLOBAL unsigned int Conn_InitListeners PARAMS(( void ));
 GLOBAL void Conn_ExitListeners PARAMS(( void ));
diff --git a/src/ngircd/irc-login.c b/src/ngircd/irc-login.c
index 0577cd9c..884a06be 100644
--- a/src/ngircd/irc-login.c
+++ b/src/ngircd/irc-login.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * ngIRCd -- The Next Generation IRC Daemon
- * Copyright (c)2001-2010 Alexander Barton (alex@barton.de)
+ * Copyright (c)2001-2011 Alexander Barton (alex@barton.de) and Contributors.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -959,6 +959,7 @@ Hello_User(CLIENT * Client)
 	} else {
 		/* Sub process */
 		Log_Init_Subprocess("Auth");
+		Conn_CloseAllSockets(NONE);
 		result = PAM_Authenticate(Client);
 		if (write(pipefd[1], &result, sizeof(result)) != sizeof(result))
 			Log_Subprocess(LOG_ERR,
diff --git a/src/ngircd/proc.c b/src/ngircd/proc.c
index fd2df1d9..7addb47e 100644
--- a/src/ngircd/proc.c
+++ b/src/ngircd/proc.c
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ Proc_Fork(PROC_STAT *proc, int *pipefds, void (*cbfunc)(int, short), int timeout
 		signal(SIGALRM, Proc_GenericSignalHandler);
 		close(pipefds[0]);
 		alarm(timeout);
-		Conn_CloseAllSockets();
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/ngircd/resolve.c b/src/ngircd/resolve.c
index 9b17af9c..c7e60038 100644
--- a/src/ngircd/resolve.c
+++ b/src/ngircd/resolve.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * ngIRCd -- The Next Generation IRC Daemon
- * Copyright (c)2001-2009 by Alexander Barton (alex@barton.de)
+ * Copyright (c)2001-2011 Alexander Barton (alex@barton.de) and Contributors.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ Resolve_Addr(PROC_STAT * s, const ng_ipaddr_t *Addr, int identsock,
 	} else if( pid == 0 ) {
 		/* Sub process */
 		Log_Init_Subprocess("Resolver");
-		Do_ResolveAddr( Addr, identsock, pipefd[1]);
+		Conn_CloseAllSockets(identsock);
+		Do_ResolveAddr(Addr, identsock, pipefd[1]);
 		Log_Exit_Subprocess("Resolver");
 		exit(0);
 	}
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ Resolve_Name( PROC_STAT *s, const char *Host, void (*cbfunc)(int, short))
 	} else if( pid == 0 ) {
 		/* Sub process */
 		Log_Init_Subprocess("Resolver");
+		Conn_CloseAllSockets(NONE);
 		Do_ResolveName(Host, pipefd[1]);
 		Log_Exit_Subprocess("Resolver");
 		exit(0);