On Apr 9 23:50, Christian Franke wrote: > Achim Gratz wrote: > >Christian Franke writes: > >>Attached is an updated version of: > >>https://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2012-02/msg00806.html > >I'll put this on hold until the AD integration has landed in Cygwin > >(which will require some larger changes anyway). > > Agree. > > >Generally I'd prefer to move such things that depend on personal > >preferences like setting up prompts into profile.d where they are easier > >to change and maintain independently from core system functionality. > > The user could disable the root prompt by an "unset PS1a" in a > profile.d script. The default behavior of Cygwin should IMO be close > to traditional *nix behavior: Use a special (#) prompt if > root(-like) privileges are effective. > > > >Using the registry to check for administrative privileges is clever, > >however I'm wondering why we shouldn't simply check via id (that's what > >I'm doing personally at the moment). > > For standard local administrator users, both would work to check for > privilege elevation. > > I used the registry check in the past because it only uses shell > builtins and does not rely on specific SID->gid mappings in > /etc/group.
Especially given that in future there might be no /etc/group to begin with. But even without /etc/group, the administrator's group will have the gid 544. I think such a test should be sufficient? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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