}
/* we don't check for LDAP_DIRSEP since URLs should contain '/' */
- /* skip over false root */
- p++;
+ if( p[1] == '.' && ( p[2] == '/' || ( p[2] == '.' && p[3] == '/' ))) {
+ /* skip over false root */
+ p++;
+ }
p = ber_strdup( p );
ldap_pvt_hex_unescape( p );