--- loncom/lond	2008/07/07 15:23:41	1.407
+++ loncom/lond	2008/09/06 00:47:13	1.408
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # lond "LON Daemon" Server (port "LOND" 5663)
 #
-# $Id: lond,v 1.407 2008/07/07 15:23:41 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lond,v 1.408 2008/09/06 00:47:13 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ my $DEBUG = 0;		       # Non zero to ena
 my $status='';
 my $lastlog='';
 
-my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.407 $'; #' stupid emacs
+my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.408 $'; #' stupid emacs
 my $remoteVERSION;
 my $currenthostid="default";
 my $currentdomainid;
@@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@ sub ls3_handler {
     } elsif ($alternate_root ne '') {
         $dir_root = $alternate_root;
     }
-    if ($dir_root ne '') {
+    if (($dir_root ne '') && ($dir_root ne '/')) {
         if ($ulsdir =~ /^\//) {
             $ulsdir = $dir_root.$ulsdir;
         } else {