Create OU in container (Perl)

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# This Perl code modifies the schema so that OUs can be created within containers

# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# 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 $ADS_PROPERTY_APPEND = 3;
my $objRootDSE = Win32::OLE->GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE");
my $objOUClass = Win32::OLE->GetObject("LDAP://cn=organizational-unit," .
                              $objRootDSE->Get("schemaNamingContext") );
$objOUClass->PutEx($ADS_PROPERTY_APPEND, "possSuperiors", ["container"]);
$objOUClass->SetInfo;

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