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
next prev parent 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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