# This Perl code transfers the PDC Emulator role to the specified owner. 
# See the discussion to see about transferring the other roles.

# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# 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
# ---------------------------------------------------------------

# ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------
my $strNewOwner = "<NewRoleOwner>";  # e.g. dc2.rallencorp.com
# ------ END CONFIGURATION ---------
use Win32::OLE;
$Win32::OLE::Warn = 3;
my $objRootDSE = Win32::OLE->GetObject("LDAP://$strNewOwner/RootDSE");
$objRootDSE->Put("becomePDC", 1);
$objRootDSE->SetInfo;