use Net::LDAP;
 
 $ldap = Net::LDAP->new( 'pdc.foobar.com' ) or die "$@";
 
 $mesg = $ldap->bind ;    # an anonymous bind
 
 $mesg = $ldap->search( # perform a search
                        base   => "c=US",
                        filter => "(&(cn=Some Loser))"
                      );
 
 $mesg->code && die $mesg->error;
 
 foreach $entry ($mesg->entries) { $entry->dump; }
 
 $mesg = $ldap->unbind;   # take down session