ERROR detected: -> LDAP_ENCODING_ERROR C<Net::LDAP> encountered an error while encoding the request packet that would
have been sent to the server
ERROR - not LDAP_SUCCESS at ./ldap_group.pl line 34, <DATA> line 774.

#!/usr/bin/perl

use warnings;
use strict;
use Net::LDAP;
use Net::LDAP::Util qw(ldap_error_text ldap_error_name);

# Uses AD Account
my $account = 'MYACCOUNT';
my $pwd = 'PASSWORT';

# Bind to LDAP
my $ad = Net::LDAP->new("ldap://SERVER.DOMAIN") or die ("Could not connet to LDAP server.");
$ad->bind( $account, password => $pwd, version => 3 );

my $base = "DC=DOMAIN";
my $filter = '(&(objectCategory=Group)(objectClass=group))';
my $attrs = "sAMAccountName, cn, displayName, mail, whenCreated, whenChanged, member, distinguishedName";

# Generate the search
my $results = $ad->search(base=>$base,filter=>$filter,attrs=>$attrs);

# Check if search has errors
if ($results->code) {
   print "ERROR detected: -> ",
   ldap_error_name($results->code), " ",
   ldap_error_text($results->code);
   warn "ERROR - not LDAP_SUCCESS";
}

my $count = $results->count;

print "DEBUG: ".$count."\n";

$ad->unbind;