From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ej1-x62c.google.com (mail-ej1-x62c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::62c]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BDCDC3856254 for ; Fri, 18 Aug 2023 22:00:24 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org BDCDC3856254 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmail.com Received: by mail-ej1-x62c.google.com with SMTP id a640c23a62f3a-9a1681fa868so113452666b.3 for ; Fri, 18 Aug 2023 15:00:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20221208; t=1692396022; x=1693000822; h=content-transfer-encoding:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=bjj/U53dz9QRYimTQXC0fzF1ebEpXYbuLl1VH/iBqNc=; b=LWs2Z/FEK6Jwz2DxlX8hMyDyHDruJsb+TsSvb4i1CjMSYp5WVxdxNAfdfcGMx7+W7O rR5EarLMH+RqtDcRtYRDGxu8mg9YSjM0v4zgK+5QiQrG5wOwxAX9FiAlraKFEZMgCRwf VOraUIWp8j5SQFzBG1UyA5SDGAgz8hpGcLUIVG6Z2VB5Yv3C9/76Ho5sn3fD5tDiywy0 /oUvSu7uV3Ve+8APzngoaaTeCmzwJmQCD2bBQok/M8y2QTfhRnAU6qReWTduMGzN8csv mSKdLFfAx9/J+XWvROmMdvGComVsmo49XNdyfW6ZMrFm54u6fFwDzIde26ZYq2QqZLEE K9KA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1692396022; x=1693000822; h=content-transfer-encoding:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=bjj/U53dz9QRYimTQXC0fzF1ebEpXYbuLl1VH/iBqNc=; b=IGnpwu44ABFrPSgN8fCAACPzS39g3ij5xzcMOBxZmbHspcGkf1URfdluLvvQWHj7mz DDN1D0l8hawWeKOs/EfDXUX8Q19VlsZ56gUCsq8NaFrLVcTCP55FflQcD27XN53+v8Hq XHTfB558Q0xvy6PIzNSExKRShDXlug96Z1pIGcH2Cf5+22vtqdyVlrbYgoNis58DgIOp k4A7IDZpk2S8MFddy/CK+vNJzzCoXUySwX9l9wZDgw4OuHcnUo75TziVokxbNVFXHQZw wLKNTO0EAEPx6ftpM7qeIx5GIQ4hwXgAbKKnrrmPvlG94WUn8y5ujAQmUnJM8keAdCIv enug== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YwAccphK0a5x7u+tvf+SitoWqKZ7MnylSTr6H2NesicJV8XwpQ6 OnTzigltD5sm/pvS3OL+LO1p4VCHmaMRGxwy9c6SgbYbjBw= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IFszDQa+LFYke8vhDC1+4+2ldRDe4zWh7USgSUvjY3yOACjKJ27PtCwoxPUN7mCMTgw3elbG+rGyfdNovgqh0k= X-Received: by 2002:a17:907:7781:b0:987:5761:2868 with SMTP id ky1-20020a170907778100b0098757612868mr304697ejc.11.1692396021958; Fri, 18 Aug 2023 15:00:21 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Doug Henderson Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 16:00:10 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Test for Windows Administrator permissions from Cygwin terminal|script? To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,FREEMAIL_FROM,FROM_LOCAL_NOVOWEL,HK_RANDOM_ENVFROM,HK_RANDOM_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 8:02=E2=80=AFPM Martin Wege via Cygwin wrote: > How can I find out whether the current Cygwin terminal has > Administrator rights? I want to safeguard our admin scripts with a > simple test and bail out with an error if someone wants to do admin > stuff (say: regtool) without admin privileges. I use this bash function: # isadmin - is shell a regular user or admin user function isadmin() { $(cygpath -u 'C:\Windows\System32\net.exe') session > /dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo "admin" else echo "user"; fi } I imagine any other Windows app that needs admin permissions would work. I use this to change the color of the prompt ($PS1) for the admin user to r= ed. HTH Doug --=20 Doug Henderson, Calgary, Alberta, Canada - from gmail.com