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| − | '''Hokie Stalker''' is | + | '''Virginia Tech People Search''', '''People Finder''', or, colloquially, '''Hokie Stalker''', is a web search interface to the university directory. |
| − | =Searching the University Directory= | + | ==Searching the University Directory== |
| − | ==Searching with Firefox== | + | ===Searching with Firefox=== |
Keyword searches can serve as handy shortcuts. In recent versions of | Keyword searches can serve as handy shortcuts. In recent versions of | ||
Firefox, you can simply right-click in a search box and choose to add a | Firefox, you can simply right-click in a search box and choose to add a | ||
| − | keyword for the search. See the [http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/smart-keywords.html Mozilla article on "Smart Keywords" | + | keyword for the search. See the [http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/smart-keywords.html Mozilla article on "Smart Keywords"]. |
| − | ==Commandline | + | ===Commandline People Search=== |
| + | Virginia Tech previously operated a finger server, but it was shut down on January 16th. [http://www.middleware.vt.edu/doku.php?id=middleware:ed:edlite:finger] [[User:mutantmonkey|mutantmonkey]] has hacked up a [https://github.com/mutantmonkey/hokiestalker/blob/master/hs.py Python script that works as a replacement]. | ||
| − | + | <pre> | |
| − | + | $ sudo apt-get install python3-lxml | |
| − | + | $ git clone https://github.com/mutantmonkey/hokiestalker.git | |
| − | + | $ ./hokiestalker/hs.py charles steger | |
| + | Name: Charles W Steger | ||
| + | Charles W. Steger | ||
| + | UID: 808122 | ||
| + | Department: President - Admin. | ||
| + | Title: President and Prof. of Arch. | ||
| + | Office: Office of the President | ||
| + | 210 Burruss Hall | ||
| + | Blacksburg, VA 24061 | ||
| + | Mail Stop: 0131 | ||
| + | Office Phone: 5402316231 | ||
| + | Email Address: president@vt.edu | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
| − | + | <!-- | |
| − | + | The Virginia Tech finger server hooks into the same database as the web-based people search. Access to it using [[netcat]] is trivial: | |
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | $ echo charles steger | nc finger.vt.edu 79 | ||
| + | OpenLDAP Finger Service... | ||
| + | 1 exact match found for "charles steger": | ||
| + | "808122, People" | ||
| + | Also Known As: | ||
| + | Charles W Steger | ||
| + | Charles W. Steger | ||
| + | Title: | ||
| + | President and Prof. of Arch. | ||
| + | Department: | ||
| + | President - Admin. | ||
| + | Department Number: | ||
| + | 043100 | ||
| + | Work Address: | ||
| + | Office of the President | ||
| + | 210 Burruss Hall | ||
| + | Blacksburg, VA 24061 | ||
| + | Mail Stop: | ||
| + | 0131 | ||
| + | Work Phone: | ||
| + | 5402316231 | ||
| + | E-Mail Address: | ||
| + | president@vt.edu | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
| − | =See Also= | + | It might be useful to turn this one-liner into a script if you need to lookup professor room numbers, email addresses, etc. on a regular basis. To do so, follow the steps below to create a script that can be called by typing <code>hs</code>. |
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | # echo -e '#!/bin/bash\n\necho $* | nc finger.vt.edu 79' > /usr/local/bin/hs | ||
| + | # chmod +x /usr/local/bin/hs | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
| + | --> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Privacy Settings== | ||
| + | ===Managing via MyVT=== | ||
| + | To suppress personal information visit [https://my.vt.edu/navigate.jsp?channel=attribute-suppression MyVT profile visibility] after logging in via the [https://auth.vt.edu/login?service=https://my.vt.edu/Login central authentication system]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Computer Labs=== | ||
| + | In order to login at the [[Math Emporium]] and on the [[Torg computer labs]], public visibility of ones PID was once required. This was fixed sometime in 2009. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==See Also== | ||
* [[Searching]] | * [[Searching]] | ||
| − | =Links= | + | ==Links== |
* [http://search.vt.edu/search/people.html Virginia Tech | People Search] | * [http://search.vt.edu/search/people.html Virginia Tech | People Search] | ||
| − | + | ||
| + | [[Category:Software]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Featured content | ||
Latest revision as of 01:07, 4 January 2018
Virginia Tech People Search, People Finder, or, colloquially, Hokie Stalker, is a web search interface to the university directory.
Contents
Searching the University Directory
Searching with Firefox
Keyword searches can serve as handy shortcuts. In recent versions of Firefox, you can simply right-click in a search box and choose to add a keyword for the search. See the Mozilla article on "Smart Keywords".
Commandline People Search
Virginia Tech previously operated a finger server, but it was shut down on January 16th. [1] mutantmonkey has hacked up a Python script that works as a replacement.
$ sudo apt-get install python3-lxml
$ git clone https://github.com/mutantmonkey/hokiestalker.git
$ ./hokiestalker/hs.py charles steger
Name: Charles W Steger
Charles W. Steger
UID: 808122
Department: President - Admin.
Title: President and Prof. of Arch.
Office: Office of the President
210 Burruss Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Mail Stop: 0131
Office Phone: 5402316231
Email Address: president@vt.edu
Privacy Settings
Managing via MyVT
To suppress personal information visit MyVT profile visibility after logging in via the central authentication system.
Computer Labs
In order to login at the Math Emporium and on the Torg computer labs, public visibility of ones PID was once required. This was fixed sometime in 2009.
See Also
Links
[[Category:Featured content
