https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10073
--- Comment #2 from cYuSeDfZfb cyusedfzfb@gmail.com --- Hi! I'm sorry: I cannot tell *why*. This configuration has existed for 5+ years, and I only started working here a year ago. Actually: No one else seems here to know the exact details as well.
Are you saying that using suffix "" is considered more regular, and should we have used that instead?
Anyway: for our new LDAP we moved from master-slave to a 4-way MultiMaster, and hence we no longer need the "database ldap" backend. I've erased it from our config.
I would say: Add that check. :-)