Is there a command to check if Git Bash is opened in Administrator mode?

Question

Let's say you opened a Git Bash console and used it for a time but you forgot if you opened it as Administrator or not.

Is there a way to check this in the current console, without closing and opening it again?

Why would you open Git Bash as an administrator in the first place? — 1615903, Apr 27 '17 at 09:56
Run `env | grep SESSIONNAME`. If it's run as Administrator, the command returns nothing. If not, it returns `SESSIONNAME=Console`. But this is just what I have observed from tests. I am not sure if this is the difference caused by running as or not as administrator. I have no idea what SESSIONNAME means. — ElpieKay, Apr 27 '17 at 14:23

score 11 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 06 '20 at 17:09

11

Adapted from the thread on how to check for admin rights, run the following:

if [[ $(sfc 2>&1 | tr -d '\0') =~ SCANNOW ]]; then echo Administrator; else echo $USERNAME; fi

If you are running git-bash as Administrator, it will print Administrator, otherwise it will print your username.

edited Jun 06 '20 at 17:09

KyleMit

answered Nov 13 '19 at 22:32

daveloyall

What's `fi` doing? – carloswm85 Jan 17 '22 at 14:03
1

`fi` is the end of the `if` block. See http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide/TestsAndConditionals#Conditional_Blocks_.28if.2C_test_and_.5B.5B.29 – daveloyall Jan 18 '22 at 22:46

INsanE Alchemist · Answer 2 · 2020-03-28T19:21:27.827

My PS1 environmental variable looks like this:

\[\033]0;$TITLEPREFIX:$PWD\007\]\n\[\033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[35m\]$MSYSTEM \[\033[33m\]\w\[\033[36m\]`__git_ps1`\[\033[0m\]\n$

So off the back of the answer from @daveloyall. I've put this into my .bash_profile

if [[ $(sfc 2>&1 | tr -d '\0') =~ SCANNOW ]]; then
    export TITLEPREFIX='ADMIN' 
fi

This then prefixes the window title with ADMIN if you've opened git-bash as administrator.

score -3 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 10 '17 at 14:41

-3

You can try a linux command, like that:

whoami

This will return your system username

or windows command:

ECHO %USERNAME%

answered Aug 10 '17 at 14:41

Zepp

4

But it returns the same result whether you are running git bash as Administrator or not... – pgras Jan 30 '18 at 12:05

score -4 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 27 '17 at 08:45

-4

Yes, You can check the current username by using this command:

git config user.name

This will return the username and you can know if it is the Administrator.

answered Apr 27 '17 at 08:45

Anwesha Mukherjee

2

This only returns the username but not if this user currently has Administrator access. – SnacOverflow Jun 14 '17 at 12:47
1

The git user name can be anything. Has nothing to do with windows user or access permissions. – Brad Oct 25 '20 at 02:05

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