Change tombstone lifetime (VBScript)

This code can be found in Chapter 17 of Active Directory Cookbook, 2nd edition

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' This VBScript code modifies the default tombstone lifetime

' ---------------------------------------------------------------
' From the book "Active Directory Cookbook" by Robbie Allen
' ISBN: 0-596-00466-4
' ---------------------------------------------------------------

' ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------
intTombstoneLifetime = <NumberOfDays>
' ------ END CONFIGURATION ---------

set objRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE")
set objDSCont = GetObject("LDAP://cn=Directory Service,cn=Windows NT," & _
          "cn=Services," & objRootDSE.Get("configurationNamingContext") )
objDSCont.Put "tombstoneLifetime", intTombstoneLifetime
objDSCont.SetInfo
WScript.Echo "Successfully set the tombstone lifetime to " & _
             intTombstoneLifetime

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