Public/Test-IsElevated.ps1
function Test-IsElevated { <# .SYNOPSIS Check if you are running an elevated shell with administrator or root privileges. .DESCRIPTION Check if you are running an elevated shell with administrator or root privileges. .EXAMPLE Test-IsElevated .OUTPUTS Boolean #> [CmdletBinding()] [Alias('isadmin', 'isroot')] param () if (($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -le 5) -or $IsWindows) { $CurrentUser = [Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal]([Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()) return $CurrentUser.IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator) } else { # Must be Linux or OSX, so use the id util. Root has userid of 0. return 0 -eq (id -u) } } |