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From: Frank Fesevur <ffes@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 13:24:18 +0200
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Subject: Change PS1 when running as administrator
To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" <cygwin@cygwin.com>
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Hi,

I recently bought a new home computer, so I switched from XP to Win81.
With Win81 every now and then I need to start cygwin as administrator
(right click shortcut or tile, run as administrator) to do things that
I can't do as a normal user.

When I run as administrator I change my PS1 from "$" to "#" with these
line in ~/.bashrc.

if id -Gn | grep -i Administrators > /dev/null
then
    PS1='\[\e]0;\w\a\]\n\[\e[32m\]\u@\h \[\e[33m\]\w\[\e[0m\]\n# '
else
    PS1='\[\e]0;\w\a\]\n\[\e[32m\]\u@\h \[\e[33m\]\w\[\e[0m\]\n\$ '
fi

I don't know if the test can be done a better/easier way, but it works
for me on a Dutch Win81. I tested it with both 1.7.30 and a recent
AD/SAM snapshot.

If more people like this idea, maybe it could included in /etc/bash.bashrc?

Regards,
Frank

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