problem with getting Active Directory user properties with library Win32::AD::User

pokoini4ek has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

use Win32::AD::User;
$connect = Win32::AD::User->new("WinNT://ad.domain/admin-user,user","u
+ser-name");
$connect->get_info();
$property = $connect->get_property('middleName');
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Gives me an error:
Win32::OLE(0.1712) error 0x80020003: Member not found in METHOD/PROPERTYGET "middleName" at C:/Perl/site/lib/Win32/AD/User.pm
While, I know, that the connection to Active Directory works, because, when I try to get a list of groups the user belongs to, it lists:

use Win32::AD::User;
$connect = Win32::AD::User->new("WinNT://ad.domain/admin-user,user","u
+ser-name");
$connect->get_info();
@groups = $connect->get_groups();
print join("\n\t", @groups);
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Re: problem with getting Active Directory user properties with library Win32::AD::User by NetWallah (Canon) on Oct 16, 2016 at 05:56 UTC
If I understand the documentation right, "middleName" is an LDAP property that is obtained by calling the User object METHOD "OtherName" - so you may have to do: `$property = $connect->get_property('OtherName');` [download] Untested ...it is unhealthy to remain near things that are in the process of blowing up. man page for WARP, by Larry Wall	[reply] [d/l]
Re: problem with getting Active Directory user properties with library Win32::AD::User by soonix (Chancellor) on Oct 17, 2016 at 08:04 UTC
Neither in SelfADSI nor in MSDN can I find an attribute "middleName". Do you perhaps mean Initials (which seems to be used for the "middle initial")?	[reply]
Re^2: problem with getting Active Directory user properties with library Win32::AD::User by Anonymous Monk on Oct 17, 2016 at 08:59 UTC
If you go to Attributes Editor in user properties in Active Directory "Users and Computers", there is a lot of attributes. One of them is "middleName". "initials" is also there.	[reply]
Re^3: problem with getting Active Directory user properties with library Win32::AD::User by soonix (Chancellor) on Oct 17, 2016 at 11:28 UTC
Indeed. the MSDN "All Attributes" list that I referenced is indexed by "CN", while the Attributes Editor shows the "Ldap-Display-Name" So NetWallah's answer is probably closer. OTOH the "Initials" field is shown in the "general" user properties, and the "Other-Name" (middleName) field is not.	[reply]