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in reply to Re: Check for root under Cygwin
in thread Check for root under Cygwin

When I run cygwin session normal way, $< is 1001 and I am getting permission denied errors.

If I start this session with "run as administrator", there are no more "permission denied" errors, but $< is same (1001)