Index: trunk/ippTools/src/pxadminConfig.c
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--- trunk/ippTools/src/pxadminConfig.c	(revision 18927)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/pxadminConfig.c	(revision 19062)
@@ -56,4 +56,10 @@
 pxConfig *pxAdminConfig(pxConfig *config, int argc, char **argv)
 {
+    if (!psArgumentGet(argc, argv, "-dbname")) {
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNEXPECTED_NULL, true,
+                "Command-line argument '-dbname XXX' is required, for database safety");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     if (!config) {
         config = pxConfigAlloc();