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Re: [PATCH] base-files-4.0.9: Change prompt if running with admin rights


On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 06:11:30PM +0100, Christian Franke wrote:
> This is an updated version of:
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2011-04/msg00020.html
> Uses the detection method suggested here:
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2011-04/msg00372.html
> 
> Tested with bash, dash, mksh, posh, and zsh (with symlink
> /etc/zprofile -> profile) on cygwin 1.7.11-1 and Win7 x64.

I've revisited this idea several times, with the purpose of adding
/usr/sbin to the PATH and coloring the prompt differently (red?) for admins.
I'll see if I can come up with some variation on your patch that does
all this.

Thanks.

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