opends/src/server/org/opends/server/core/AccessControlConfigManager.java
@@ -221,8 +221,15 @@ if (newHandlerClass != null) { AccessControlProvider<? extends AccessControlHandlerCfg> newHandler ; try { if (newConfiguration.isEnabled()) { newHandler = loadProvider(newHandlerClass.getName(), newConfiguration .getConfiguration()); } else { newHandler = new DefaultAccessControlProvider(); } } catch (Exception e) { if (debugEnabled()) {