Index: shared/ldap/trunk/common/src/java/org/apache/ldap/common/util/NamespaceTools.java
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--- shared/ldap/trunk/common/src/java/org/apache/ldap/common/util/NamespaceTools.java	(revision 159431)
+++ shared/ldap/trunk/common/src/java/org/apache/ldap/common/util/NamespaceTools.java	(working copy)
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
     {
         if ( a_name1.size() == a_name2.size() )
         {
-            return a_name2.startsWith( a_name1.getSuffix( 1 ) ) ;    
+            return a_name2.startsWith( a_name1.getPrefix( a_name1.size() - 1 ) ) ;    
         }
         
         return false ;