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→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].
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$ sudo apt-get install python-ldap
$ mkdir hokiestalker; cd hokiestalker
$ 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
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The Virginia Tech finger server hooks into the same database as the web-based people search. Access to it using [[netcat]] is trivial:
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# chmod +x /usr/local/bin/hs
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