Querying and Updating AD, Part 2

In "Querying and Updating AD, Part 1," February 2003, http://www.winscriptingsolutions.com, InstantDoc ID 27569, I described how to install and use the Net::LDAP modules to query Active Directory (AD) according to search criteria and retrieve attributes of matching objects. In Part 2, I describe the various Net::LDAP methods available to add, delete, modify, rename, and move objects in AD.

Adding Objects
Using Net::LDAP to add objects is straightforward. For example, Listing 1 contains code that adds the John Doe contact object. Callout A in Listing 1 shows the parameters that you need to modify to get the code to work in your environment. For the $dc variable, you specify the domain controller (DC) against which to perform the add operation. You set the $user and $passwd variables to the username and password, respectively, with which you want to connect to the specified DC. The $parent_dn variable needs to contain the distinguished name (DN) of the parent container in which you want to put the John Doe contact object. The code after callout A in Listing 1 connects to the specified DC and uses the specified credentials to bind with it. . . .