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From: Achim Gratz <Stromeko AT nexgo DOT de>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: how to determine if a shell is running as Administrator?
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Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2015 15:28:53 +0100
In-Reply-To: <gjubtwz05tno.fsf@W0144758.usac.mmm.com> (J. David Boyd's message	of "Thu, 05 Feb 2015 09:18:03 -0500")
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J. David Boyd writes:
> This doesn't seem to tell me if my shell has been started with 'Run As
> Administrator', it just tells me if my user is contained in the Administrator
> group.

No, you're not in that group unless you have actual administrator
privileges.

> I can start a cygwin shell, and start a cygwin shell with run as admin, and I
> get the same results from the above command.

Then you have UAC switched off or the place you're starting the cygwin
shell from already is elevated.


Regards,
Achim.
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