Monks, I might be doing this wrong, but the documentaion is a bit scanty on the subject. I'm trying to use Net::LDAP to modify a person: changing their DN to reflect the change in their OU.

sub change {
    my $master = shift;
    my $entry  = shift;
    my $dn     = $entry->dn();
    (my $new = $dn) =~ s/\bou=Engineering\b/ou=Research/;
    my $err = $master->moddn( $entry, newrdn => $new );
    warn "could not update $dn: ", $err->text, ' (err=', $err->code,  
+")\n" if $err->code > 0;
    $err->code > 0 ? 0 : 1;
}

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I am aware that the old DN will still exist afterwards, there an attribute that can be passed to clean that up, but one thing at a time...

I get the following error on the $master->moddn call:

Can't locate object method "text" via package "Net::LDAP::ModDN"

Short of diving into the code, I don't know what's going on. (There's no perldoc for Net::LDAP::ModDN, for a start). Thanks for clues I can use.

- another intruder with the mooring of the heart of the Perl

In reply to Changing a DN with Net::LDAP by grinder

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