Display RootDSE (Perl)

This code can be found in Chapter 4 of Active Directory Cookbook, 2nd edition

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# This Perl code prints the attributes of the RootDSE

# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# 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 'in';
$Win32::OLE::Warn = 3;
my $objRootDSE = Win32::OLE->GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE");
$objRootDSE->GetInfo;
for my $i(0 .. ($objRootDSE->PropertyCount - 1) ) {
    my $strProp = $objRootDSE->Item($i);
    print $strProp->Name, "\n";
    foreach my $strPropval (in $strProp->Values) {
       print "  ",  $strPropval->CaseIgnoreString, "\n";
    }
}

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