--- servers/slapd/root_dse.c	2004/01/01 18:16:34	1.81.2.9
+++ servers/slapd/root_dse.c	2004/01/17 18:36:42	1.81.2.10
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* root_dse.c - Provides the Root DSA-Specific Entry */
-/* $OpenLDAP: pkg/ldap/servers/slapd/root_dse.c,v 1.81.2.8 2003/12/29 18:10:40 kurt Exp $ */
+/* $OpenLDAP: pkg/ldap/servers/slapd/root_dse.c,v 1.81.2.9 2004/01/01 18:16:34 kurt Exp $ */
 /* This work is part of OpenLDAP Software <http://www.openldap.org/>.
  *
  * Copyright 1999-2004 The OpenLDAP Foundation.
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ root_dse_info(
 	}
 
 	for ( i = 0; i < nbackends; i++ ) {
+		if ( backends[i].be_suffix == NULL
+				|| backends[i].be_nsuffix == NULL ) {
+			/* no suffix! */
+			continue;
+		}
 		if ( backends[i].be_flags & SLAP_BFLAG_MONITOR ) {
 			vals[0] = backends[i].be_suffix[0];
 			nvals[0] = backends[i].be_nsuffix[0];