# This Perl code renames an $object and leaves it in the same location.

# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# 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 $strCurrentParentDN = "<CurrentParentDN>";
my $strObjectOldName   = "cn=<OldName>";
my $strObjectNewName   = "cn=<NewName>";
# ------ END CONFIGURATION ---------
use Win32::OLE;
$Win32::OLE::Warn = 3;
my $objCont = Win32::OLE->GetObject("LDAP://" . $strCurrentParentDN);
$objCont->MoveHere("LDAP://$strObjectOldName,$strCurrentParentDN", $strObjectNewName);