Set password (Perl)

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# This Perl code sets the password for a user.

# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# Adapted from VBScript code contained in the book:
#      "Active Directory Cookbook" by Robbie Allen
# ISBN: 0-596-00466-4
# ---------------------------------------------------------------

# ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------
my $strUserDN = "<UserDN>";   # e.g. cn=jsmith,cn=Users,dc=rallencorp,dc=com
my $strNewPasswd = "NewPasword";
# ------ END CONFIGURATION ---------
use Win32::OLE;
$Win32::OLE::Warn = 3;
my $objUser = Win32::OLE->GetObject("LDAP://" . $strUserDN);
$objUser->SetPassword($strNewPasswd);
print "Password my for ",$objUser->Get("cn"),"\n";

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