[PR #242] [MERGED] Core: ProcessHasAdminRights() function is added to utility functions. #262

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/ultimatepp/ultimatepp/pull/242
Author: @ismail-yilmaz
Created: 3/17/2025
Status: ✅ Merged
Merged: 4/18/2025
Merged by: @mirek-fidler

Base: master ← Head: detect_root

📝 Commits (5)

72d2d22 Core: ProcessHasAdminRights() function is added to utility functions.
4ad0a81 reference/DetectPrivegedProcess: Cosmetics.
989525e Core: ProcessHasAdminRights() renamed as IsAdmin()
4f75e49 Merge branch 'ultimatepp:master' into detect_root
640164e Core: IsAdmin() renamed as IsUserAdmin().

📊 Changes

5 files changed (+54 additions, -0 deletions)

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➕ reference/DetectPrivilegedProcess/DetectPrivilegedProcess.upp (+11 -0)
➕ reference/DetectPrivilegedProcess/main.cpp (+12 -0)
📝 uppsrc/Core/App.cpp (+24 -0)
📝 uppsrc/Core/App.h (+2 -0)
📝 uppsrc/Core/src.tpp/AppEnv_en-us.tpp (+5 -0)

📄 Description

Sometimes it is very useful to know if the current process/app is running in administrator/root mode. In this way, developers can enable or disable certain set of features or warn the user about the security risk posed by escalated privileges.

This PR,

Adds ProcessHasAdminRights() function to U++, which can check if the current process is running in admin (Win) or root (POSIX) mode.
Adds the relevant example.
Adds the relevant API doc entry.

Tested on Linux, Win 10/11.

Please review.

_{🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.}

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/ultimatepp/ultimatepp/pull/242 **Author:** [@ismail-yilmaz](https://github.com/ismail-yilmaz) **Created:** 3/17/2025 **Status:** ✅ Merged **Merged:** 4/18/2025 **Merged by:** [@mirek-fidler](https://github.com/mirek-fidler) **Base:** `master` ← **Head:** `detect_root` --- ### 📝 Commits (5) - [`72d2d22`](https://github.com/ultimatepp/ultimatepp/commit/72d2d22c91ca2c5d13dd57fcad2dd847dd63601d) Core: ProcessHasAdminRights() function is added to utility functions. - [`4ad0a81`](https://github.com/ultimatepp/ultimatepp/commit/4ad0a813e4e0abda774d820d6efb985d22705722) reference/DetectPrivegedProcess: Cosmetics. - [`989525e`](https://github.com/ultimatepp/ultimatepp/commit/989525e2dbbfd504417a0b8d38aa0181659c40ac) Core: ProcessHasAdminRights() renamed as IsAdmin() - [`4f75e49`](https://github.com/ultimatepp/ultimatepp/commit/4f75e491ffcebdb1eb8d95edce3b08368ef36f3f) Merge branch 'ultimatepp:master' into detect_root - [`640164e`](https://github.com/ultimatepp/ultimatepp/commit/640164eea1b5abb22ffae534d999fb9b62c98375) Core: IsAdmin() renamed as IsUserAdmin(). ### 📊 Changes **5 files changed** (+54 additions, -0 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> ➕ `reference/DetectPrivilegedProcess/DetectPrivilegedProcess.upp` (+11 -0) ➕ `reference/DetectPrivilegedProcess/main.cpp` (+12 -0) 📝 `uppsrc/Core/App.cpp` (+24 -0) 📝 `uppsrc/Core/App.h` (+2 -0) 📝 `uppsrc/Core/src.tpp/AppEnv_en-us.tpp` (+5 -0) </details> ### 📄 Description Sometimes it is very useful to know if the current process/app is running in administrator/root mode. In this way, developers can enable or disable certain set of features or warn the user about the security risk posed by escalated privileges. This PR, - Adds `ProcessHasAdminRights()` function to U++, which can check if the current process is running in admin (Win) or root (POSIX) mode. - Adds the relevant example. - Adds the relevant API doc entry. Tested on Linux, Win 10/11. Please review. --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>