Prevent passwd expiration (Perl)

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# This Perl code sets a users password to never expire
# See Recipe 4.12 for the code for the CalcBit function

# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# 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=rallen,ou=Sales,dc=rallencorp,dc=com
# ------ END CONFIGURATION ---------
use Win32::OLE;
$Win32::OLE::Warn = 3;
my $intBit = 65536;
my $strAttr = "userAccountControl";

my $objUser = Win32::OLE->GetObject("LDAP://" . $strUserDN);
my $intBitsOrig = $objUser->Get($strAttr);
my $intBitsCalc = CalcBit($intBitsOrig, $intBit, TRUE);
if ($intBitsOrig != $intBitsCalc) {
   $objUser->Put($strAttr, $intBitsCalc);
   $objUser->SetInfo;
   print "Changed $strAttr from $intBitsOrig to $intBitsCalc\n";
}
else {
   print "Did not need to change $strAttr ($intBitsOrig)\n";
}

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