sub ldapRecursiveDelete {
    my ($server, $subtreeDN, $user, $password, $sleepPeriod, $sleepDur
+ation) = @_;
    my ($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;
}
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