From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pj1-x102d.google.com (mail-pj1-x102d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::102d]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4209E3854826 for ; Fri, 18 Aug 2023 02:18:20 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 4209E3854826 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-pj1-x102d.google.com with SMTP id 98e67ed59e1d1-2685bcd046eso307883a91.3 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2023 19:18:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20221208; t=1692325099; x=1692929899; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=HycN+RgDq4TanNIfu1Lc8ElLr9JiKy+LMQK6Lbx6EYQ=; b=in01xGZKPxjCP2ar/XaqJ407QnTx7J73VZ7Kl6zRxsrcCJ9Tjv0mEiksZQlTq5TgcA w4611RQKAo10MGFIxbEFfhQ2CwPXKGHO0EVobDRO5JdK5IZEqXSJJbPKp7hjY858XsSt NEoS7Wi1C4C0mpzVT4X31QB5J7VJDsCgAjMGsoX4VuJKVS1YaBU1sAcXo/VhI9ZWXEoM l/2q5/MoLDN/UzSgBgqxlk9DOXoqxytqo4eIFc61VbdI2cinUIhYUQHWWcYqGmY4EDtr FO+W5lE8NpgH1GJAjzah1Rey0JMfNyeUPhJ2ZJMBDZKtlwYIKiPqe2nGB1bZVhk2g0sC nIBg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1692325099; x=1692929899; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc: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=HycN+RgDq4TanNIfu1Lc8ElLr9JiKy+LMQK6Lbx6EYQ=; b=aL3Gb0pe/0SNu4m2tYlvfYV2azzYoq80aKlh6MyfJOzVsCX4X4JGAuJ5jfQT7wS3AQ 8ODN9MxBMfFngJfHpPeD6U4K3je8usdadEK2v26rvkNPzzDjrmhu2sC/haWlCoTZro6F Snv/UJMELOH5bsNNLrhmaw/AZ8CwN7p4GcT9K/mQK0MzrMT2I8kiIGS3aazGTsvjkaiL Q3DdrOSRU19EQSf9Nyt/5UaNgmkCeVUPVSYflt1tFGwJY4QrhJKqIt+bmqsL4631lSV6 jAlnaHHllb1lW6f3wAu+tCVKghImC58M1pAsf+53aVZCl6wV4999CdwvFkCeBnuI95cX jSLg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YxHDIBt1cH8pist0dQFVZPaCvDFApV98pRvsAeJ1GpCn7sQj4bH k8SnCfWU8mAEHen1ppKrHk3elz34Rz4ETvG489IMdCqar0j8uQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IFY8TtGzdBkvothC6csWrwa3D42WnZ701UXWxXXrbmCu8v3TmGHxdYJsDa3QqBoEDKchbGU8CyN9noW+thhY2E= X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:8a10:b0:26d:4312:17e5 with SMTP id w16-20020a17090a8a1000b0026d431217e5mr609503pjn.6.1692325099244; Thu, 17 Aug 2023 19:18:19 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Backwoods BC Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 19:18:11 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Test for Windows Administrator permissions from Cygwin terminal|script? To: Martin Wege Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 7:01=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. > > Thanks, > Martin 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" =3D=3D "" ] ;then printf -v adminPmt '[\u2022Admin\u2022] ' else export adminPmt=3D"" fi