Hokie Stalker
Revision as of 20:08, 17 November 2009 by imported>Cov
Hokie Stalker is the name given by Virginia Tech students 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 Hokie Stalker
$ 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
Privacy Settings
Managing via MyVT
Privacy settings can be controlled from MyVT: [1].
Computer Labs
In order to login at the Math Emporium, public visibility of ones PID was once required. This was fixed sometime in 2009 but as of fall 2009, to log in to OSX from computers in the Torgersen computer labs, listing your PID as public is still necessary.