> > > Andrew Schulman wrote: > > What's a reliable and efficient way to determine programmatically if the > > shell> that's running has elevated privileges? > > > Or if you prefer, how can I tell if the shell was started with "Run as > > administrator"? > > If you search the mailing list archive for "Change PS1 when running as > administrator" there are several suggested ways.
Thanks. Consensus there is to look for group ID 544, although as the other thread here shows, group 0 or 114 can also show it. Andrew -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
