Fellow Monks, I created individual scripts that do their job and work, so i thought that i might write one big script and call upon the little ones as subRoutines.
The script is prompting for a text file to read in of machine names and a password to assign to a local account on the machines. I am encryping the password in a text file and copying that over. I am also compiling a perl script to an exe and copying that too and executing it.
Here are both, the final script and the code of the exe. I will list the errors i am getting at the end. If anyone can help me figure out why i am getting these errors and how to remedy them, i would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks in advance.
Ray

# Ray Espinoza
# ChAdminPass.pl
# This is the completed script that will change the local admin passwo
+rd on a list of machines
# that you specify. It will ask for a password, encrypt it and copy ov
+er with a compiled exe of this 
# perl script. The script will then be decrypted locally on the machin
+e and change the password and 
# delete the encryted text file along with the executable. 
######################################################################
+###############################

#!D:\perl\bin 
use strict;
use Crypt::Blowfish_PP;
use Win32::AdminMisc;

######################################################################
+#########################
# This will prompt user for the list of machines to read in and the pa
+ssword to assign
######################################################################
+#########################
print "Enter in the name of the text file that you would like to read 
+in:\n";
chomp(my $List = <STDIN>);
print "Enter in the password that you would like to assign the local a
+dmin account:\n";
chomp(my $Password = <STDIN>);

######################################################################
+##########################
# Calling on subRoutine to Encrypt the password and adding it to text 
+file.
######################################################################
+##########################

Create_Password();

######################################################################
+##########################
# This will open the list file for reading or error if it can't find i
+t.
######################################################################
+##########################

open(LIST,$List) ||
    die "Can't read $List: $!";
    
######################################################################
+##########################
# This will read in the text file line by line and execute the copy of
+ files over to the local
#  machine and execute ChPass.exe
######################################################################
+##########################

while (<LIST>) {
    my $Server = $_;
    my $source1 = "C:/ChPass/phrase.txt";
    my $dest1 = "//$Server/c\$/temp/phrase.txt";
    my $command = qq(copy "$source1" "$dest1") ||
        die "Couldn't copy $source1: $!";
    $command =~ s#/#\\#g;
    system $command;
    
    my $source2 = "C:/ChPass/ChPass.exe";
        my $dest2 = "//$Server/c\$/temp/ChPass.exe";
        my $command2 = qq(copy "$source2" "$dest2") ||
            die "Couldn't copy $source2: $!";
        $command2 =~ s#/#\\#g;
    system $command2;
        
    system("//$Server/c\$/temp/ChPass.exe $Server);
    }
    
######################################################################
+###########################
# This is the subroutine that encrypts the password.
######################################################################
+###########################
    
sub Create_Password {

open(OUT,">phrase.txt") #|| die "Can't create phrase.txt: $!";
    
 my $key = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456789";
 my $bf = Crypt::Blowfish_PP->new($key);
print my $encrypted_Password = $bf->encrypt($Password);
print OUT $encrypted_Password;
}

######################################################################
+##########################
# Closes any open files gracefully.
######################################################################
+##########################

close(OUT);
close(LIST);

# Here is the next script (ChPass.pl before it is ChPass.exe)
# Ray Espinoza
# ChPass.pl
# This script calls in the encrypted password file and decrypts it and
+ uses
# its value as $Password to change the account password to $Password.
######################################################################
+###########################

#!D:\perl\bin -w

use strict;
use Win32::AdminMisc;
#use Win32::AdminMisc qw(SetPassword);
chomp(my $Server = <STDIN>);
my $User = "Administrator";
my $Password = &getPassword;
my $Result = Win32::AdminMisc::SetPassword( $Server, $User, $Password)
+ ||
    die "Couldn't change password on $Server: $^E";
    print $Password . "\n";
    print $Result;
    
sub getPassword {
use Crypt::Blowfish_PP;

my $key="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456789";
my $bf = Crypt::Blowfish_PP->new($key);

open (IN,"phrase.txt") || 
    die "Can't read phrase.txt: $!"; 
    
    my $encrypted_password = <IN>;
    my $decrypted_password = $bf->decrypt($encrypted_password);
    return $decrypted_password;
    
    
close(IN);
}
# Here are the errors that i am getting:
String found where operator expected at C:\scripts\perl\ChAdminPass.pl
+ line 65,
near "txt") #|| die ""
Bareword found where operator expected at C:\scripts\perl\ChAdminPass.
+pl line 65
, near "") #|| die "Can't"
        (Missing operator before Can't?)
String found where operator expected at C:\scripts\perl\ChAdminPass.pl
+ line 67,
near "$key = ""
  (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 65)
        (Missing semicolon on previous line?)
Bareword found where operator expected at C:\scripts\perl\ChAdminPass.
+pl line 67
, near "$key = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456789"
        (Missing operator before abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456789?)
String found where operator expected at C:\scripts\perl\ChAdminPass.pl
+ line 67,
at end of line
        (Missing semicolon on previous line?)
syntax error at C:\scripts\perl\ChAdminPass.pl line 65, near "txt") #|
+| die ""
Global symbol "$key" requires explicit package name at C:\scripts\perl
+\ChAdminPa
ss.pl line 65.
Can't find string terminator '"' anywhere before EOF at C:\scripts\per
+l\ChAdminP
ass.pl line 67.
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