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From: Mark Geisert <mark@maxrnd.com>
Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Test for Windows Administrator permissions from Cygwin terminal|script?
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 01:59:35 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <72d8548f-e962-5572-d075-1e7dbb38ea14@maxrnd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a1d6ff78-2b87-9111-8339-f0ce6d6050cd@maxrnd.com>

Mark Geisert via Cygwin wrote:
> Backwoods BC via Cygwin wrote:
[...]
>> I don't know if this is the official method, but it works for me:
>>
>> ##### Shell Options
>> # Elevated privilege windows have $SESSIONNAME set
>> if [ "$SESSIONNAME" == "" ] ;then
>>    printf -v adminPmt '[\u2022Admin\u2022] '
>> else
>>    export adminPmt=""
>> fi
> 
> I see the opposite on my machine.  Admin window has empty $SESSIONNAME, non-Admin 
> window has "Console".

Feh, I mentally reversed the 'if' clauses.  I see the same $SESSIONNAME behavior 
on my machine.  Sorry for the noise.

..mark

  reply	other threads:[~2023-08-18  8:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-08-18  2:01 Martin Wege
2023-08-18  2:18 ` Backwoods BC
2023-08-18  8:49   ` Mark Geisert
2023-08-18  8:59     ` Mark Geisert [this message]
2023-08-18 22:00 ` Doug Henderson
2023-08-19  8:14 ` ASSI
2023-08-19 17:33   ` Bill Stewart
2023-08-24 16:24   ` Martin Wege
2023-08-25  9:42     ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-08-24 13:01 ` Andrew Schulman
2023-08-24 14:52   ` Bill Stewart
2023-08-24 18:46     ` Bill Stewart

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