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Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 11:51:00 +0200
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Subject: Re: Cygwin console: Different default background color when terminal
 runs as Admin?
To: "[Cygwin]" <cygwin@cygwin.com>
From: Martin Wege via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com>
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On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 7:27 AM Jonathon Merz via Cygwin
<cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 7:13 PM Martin Wege via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Just an idea: Could the default background color of the Cygwin console
> > be changed from black to grey (or RED) if the terminal has been
> > started with Administrator rights?
> >
>
> Assuming that:
> 1. The Administrators group is called "Administrators"
> 2. There aren't any non-administrative groups with "Administrators" in the
> name
> 3. You're using mintty for your terminal
>
> You can run the following in bash or zsh with the desired RGB values:
>
> if [[ `id -Gn` == *Administrators* ]]
> then
>     echo -ne "\e]11;#FFBBEE\a";
> fi
>

Looking at the output of /usr/bin/id -a was my first guess too. But
this fails quickly because the names are localized. Seriously MS runs
the Windows group names through the l10n wringer!! So what works on
Windows for Germany will surely fail for Windows for Japan. Thus I am
looking for a more portable solution.

Maybe the numeric group ids are more 'portable' across the Windows
versions for different countries?

Thanks,
Martin

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