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Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 05:39:30 +0400
From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon AT yandex DOT ru>
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To: Achim Gratz <Stromeko AT nexgo DOT de>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] base-files-4.2-1: Change prompt if running with admin rights
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Greetings, Achim Gratz!

> Christian Franke writes:
>> Attached is an updated version of:
>> https://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2012-02/msg00806.html

> I'll put this on hold until the AD integration has landed in Cygwin
> (which will require some larger changes anyway).

> Generally I'd prefer to move such things that depend on personal
> preferences like setting up prompts into profile.d where they are easier
> to change and maintain independently from core system functionality.
> Using the registry to check for administrative privileges is clever,

But indirect.
It does not guarantee, that a user have administrator rights, only that it has
access to the specified registry key.

> however I'm wondering why we shouldn't simply check via id (that's what
> I'm doing personally at the moment).

Unless there's a way to ask "if we're a part of <certain group>" or more
direct questions, it would involve much tinkering.
And I agree, that all tinkering needs to go into personal profile.


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Andrey Repin (anrdaemon AT yandex DOT ru) 10.04.2014, <04:31>

Sorry for my terrible english...


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