From 764ed0fdc40b323f215430e70ee710eba5d148c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carl Osterwisch <costerwi@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 12:26:43 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added _is_root() Cross-platform way to check admin rights

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1026431/cross-platform-way-to-check-admin-rights-in-a-python-script-under-windows
---
 bash_kernel/install.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bash_kernel/install.py b/bash_kernel/install.py
index f123bfc..c0680d2 100644
--- a/bash_kernel/install.py
+++ b/bash_kernel/install.py
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ def install_my_kernel_spec(user=True):
         print('Installing IPython kernel spec')
         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
+
 def main(argv=None):
     install_my_kernel_spec()