Index: trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pcontrol/rconnect.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pcontrol/rconnect.c	(revision 8546)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pcontrol/rconnect.c	(revision 10652)
@@ -17,4 +17,9 @@
   IOBuffer buffer;
   struct timespec request, remain;
+
+  ASSERT (command != NULL, "command is NULL");
+  ASSERT (hostname != NULL, "hostname is NULL");
+  ASSERT (shell != NULL, "shell is NULL");
+  ASSERT (stdio != NULL, "stdio is NULL");
 
   bzero (stdin_fd,  2*sizeof(int));