Raise forest functional level (Perl)

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# This Perl code changes the functional level of the the forest the
# user running the script is logged into to Windows Server 2003.

# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# Adapted from VBScript code contained in the book:
#      "Active Directory Cookbook" by Robbie Allen
# Publisher: O'Reilly and Associates
# ISBN: 0-596-00466-4
# Book web site: http://rallenhome.com/books/adcookbook/code.html
# ---------------------------------------------------------------

use Win32::OLE;
$Win32::OLE::Warn = 3;
my $objRootDSE = Win32::OLE->GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE");
my $objDomain = Win32::OLE->GetObject("LDAP://cn=partitions," .
                           $objRootDSE->Get("configurationNamingContext") );
if ($objDomain->Get("msDS-Behavior-Version") != 2) {
   print "Attempting to change forest to Windows Server 2003 functional level...\n";
   $objDomain->Put("msDS-Behavior-Version", 2);
   $objDomain->SetInfo;
}
else {
   print "Forest already at Windows Server 2003 functional level\n";
}

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