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:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; q=dns; s= default; b=gUaXQJHT60F3KVVYp//5zQTyjZIjL/fOcGYcNAq3D6pxRNkJyozi6 ic08YUJ/75mTGA45wFc7hzF+9Nn6EE2dJ+gn1WepdYd5JY1+WWXjZkpZ5Mse1Wsv rdBU6FEm4I7IViooTsBSk04K1ql0AMQGlW8YhlhbwKOTb98RCpbOJs= 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:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=default; bh=ifNw21OVtdr8g6PQHEWMAf/gytk=; b=fBetyXfAi5lL5AsbsgUh0J1vLVBn gd4BDLBz4yxq2O+jU0i1wvb7mJfW3LEYjxHHzAkflUtp397KdBvuVt54JGX/lu7S zFSrhji389D2gbUyufwvbkouuqBYAz9V0iS1x0LgfeeMWTnbnnF7Ywc86QH9WlPH q+oevqcSYtExHw8= 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=-5.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: calimero.vinschen.de Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 15:48:35 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: how to determine if a shell is running as Administrator? Message-ID: <20150205144835.GU2635@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <1147992409 DOT 122575 DOT 1423130728220 DOT JavaMail DOT yahoo AT mail DOT yahoo DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="BtmVPk+Smchi6n7w" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) --BtmVPk+Smchi6n7w Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Feb 5 09:39, Andrew Schulman wrote: > >=20 > >=20 > > Andrew Schulman wrote: > > > What's a reliable and efficient way to determine programmatically if = the shell> that's running has elevated privileges? > >=20 > > > Or if you prefer, how can I tell if the shell was started with "Run as > > > administrator"? > >=20 > > If you search the mailing list archive for "Change PS1 when running as= administrator" there are several suggested ways. >=20 > Thanks. Consensus there is to look for group ID 544, although as the oth= er > thread here shows, group 0 or 114 can also show it. Preferredly you remove the "root" group from /etc/group or, even better, you remove /etc/group ;) Corinna --=20 Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat --BtmVPk+Smchi6n7w Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJU04LDAAoJEPU2Bp2uRE+g4W0P/jwXrlMoODdVvCzaWay+3Kl+ xQQFMZxpuVqNYGPt3o0jcgyjI0Rg0L1Hl6FpkrVkeRI84npqFw/PhdozMDZiHvel Vikj4aT24+8H2XUkl+BE7UFYzXoVsqwX18nO92vFVWlJ/LBlr65LDQHvKhfDXSH+ yUtD8Buf9mwe03RAst3vbIOrFIDCsXTG2VNuKpLdMmRRmUdfkZbC6edq6Kbqv4vp fLjC4qQzHWpNn9LKR/7lcIonjZW6JGqqmaRVknCkPsowt4ME7NMk2pHJpnx2mCmB H+nH3YSco93gk6zR1dixgcf3r46jJ5nXlig/LZU/2zrPQ/8a3fRsiXpLZIJQUPu2 4FEO3BDZ+KcnH2cMykrn9Sy7sNmnbEZvEMOpCPJKqhlealk3y4I0q3tXAt27PZ/B 2Imef622fHCE7mZya7xk1utbp3dTC6vwAA89uPAdxuoxpnjmB6hIdopprT/0Boev wswFPreQnyLfiq/E8Xyy6b8nQfLnwav203O5eYf48z6yIre1CmesCz8KOUX0l/SQ bYqGOdX8G8df9qoaaVzv+nGfYYjekTj1oGTrmRY+uO52GmV5lHy2Eqii5f6U77+G rlWvLDMToZnyC+qBPaDfcCnH+gs0Oe1VtUsQT3XI7p8RE8i0UD1xdYvlibV8Z/50 EWT8OMsATlOaNtg3/Usj =Rvvq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --BtmVPk+Smchi6n7w--