Re: Net::LDAP Recursive Delete

[Graham B. <gb...@po...>]

On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 04:38:15PM +0000, Chris Ridd wrote:
> On 24/12/02 2:05 am, Eric Nichols <eri...@di...> wrote:
> > As far as I know the Net::LDAP::Entry does not do recursive deletes.
> > You'll need to write a recursive function.  If you need one let me know.
> > I've got one laying around here somewhere :)
> 
> Net::LDAP::Entry's got nothing to do with it - the LDAP protocol itself
> doesn't have recursive deletes. There may be some proprietary controls on
> some servers which permit it, but in general you'll have to write something
> yourself.

There was a tree delete control specified in a draft rfc that
expired. AD supports it, others may too.

  use Net::LDAP::Constants qw(LDAP_CONTROL_TREE_DELETE);

  $ldap->delete($dn_to_delete, control => { type => LDAP_CONTROL_TREE_DELETE });

Graham.