Cygwin console: Different default background color when terminal runs as Admin?

[Jonathon Merz]

On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 7:13 PM Martin Wege via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com>
wrote:

> Just an idea: Could the default background color of the Cygwin console
> be changed from black to grey (or RED) if the terminal has been
> started with Administrator rights?
>

Assuming that:
1. The Administrators group is called "Administrators"
2. There aren't any non-administrative groups with "Administrators" in the
name
3. You're using mintty for your terminal

You can run the following in bash or zsh with the desired RGB values:

if [[ `id -Gn` == *Administrators* ]]
then
    echo -ne "\e]11;#FFBBEE\a";
fi

-Jonathon