From 6862c63063ce51ca131a41ba2e3a16fbc1b0aa30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carl Osterwisch <costerwi@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 09:40:37 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Assume not an admin on non-Unix platforms

---
 bash_kernel/install.py | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bash_kernel/install.py b/bash_kernel/install.py
index ca76f3a..3de6cd3 100644
--- a/bash_kernel/install.py
+++ b/bash_kernel/install.py
@@ -23,12 +23,11 @@ def install_my_kernel_spec(user=True):
         install_kernel_spec(td, 'bash', user=user, replace=True)
 
 def _is_root():
-    """Cross-platform way to check admin rights"""
     import ctypes, os
     try:
         return os.geteuid() == 0
     except AttributeError:
-        return ctypes.windll.shell32.IsUserAnAdmin() != 0
+        return False # assume not an admin on non-Unix platforms
 
 def main(argv=[]):
     user = '--user' in argv or not _is_root()