sub ldapRecursiveDelete { my ($server, $subtreeDN, $user, $password, $sleepPeriod, $sleepDuration) = @_; my ($ldap, @toBeSearched, @toBeDeleted); return unless defined $subtreeDN; $sleepPeriod = 2000 unless defined $sleepPeriod; $sleepDuration = 1 unless defined $sleepDuration; use Net::LDAP; $ldap = Net::LDAP->new($server); if (defined $user && defined $password) { $ldap->bind($user, password => $password); } else { $ldap->bind; } @toBeSearched = ( $subtreeDN ); while (@toBeSearched) { $_ = shift @toBeSearched; push @toBeDeleted, $_; for ( ( $ldap->search( base => $_ , scope => 'one' , filter => '(objectclass=*)' , attrs => [ '1.1' ] ) )->entries ) { push @toBeSearched, $_->dn; } } my $i = 0; while (@toBeDeleted) { $ldap->delete(pop @toBeDeleted); sleep $sleepDuration unless ++$i % $sleepPeriod; } $ldap->unbind; }