X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:reply-to:subject:to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s= default; b=UnOsmWpe+C2DAP4jslTEDuqWkJnoI8U22M8pGy8F89QcGChbNv8bd 0E4Ll4JtHDb1cVEARsXXsixjlPhdGg2rvGLg9TcZ3N9JjqqLGNNMWTP5eQPU+VMd UmzstC7l8uiRo1PAq+a5OpAMcQIggWJRQ2hHvEu2kG/TBzjCnZoXNM= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:reply-to:subject:to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=3EjQYchusuTpeko0EZbxuT7GG9A=; b=swiCVn17CZ7438Nd4deHYf5e64he jVdbRkM+iacRB2Y9t5olM0bJrbMiLHngCWONwXkSTBY2i5YaZCYs9QvLKonCqYDd TazsJ1BcIFSi1SrPFuu+1WqCVn2RAAJHFUdQT0ENfJQRbpXwhbLvN7ofr/VLLpZN ko9TjhpDcWKsZXc= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=3.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_COUK,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: nm4-vm6.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com Message-ID: <1402944031.26368.YahooMailNeo@web172202.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 19:40:31 +0100 (BST) From: GrahamC Reply-To: GrahamC Subject: Change PS1 when running as administrator To: "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-IsSubscribed: yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id s5GIemYp023761 On Monday, 16 June 2014, 12:25, Frank Fesevur wrote: > 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 Personally I use a test like:  if [ -w /etc ] for this, which works provided a write ACL has not been added for ordinary users on the directory \cygwin\etc. Administrators have write access to this directory. Bash supports regular expressions, so if [[ `id` =~ Administrators ]] is a shorter test equivalent to your example. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple