Getting Windows "MACHINE SID" without fork() & exec()?

William Stewart abqbill@gmail.com
Thu Apr 23 17:14:03 GMT 2026


On Thu, Apr 23, 2026 at 11:08 AM Takeshi Nishimura wrote:

Does Cygwin have a secret shell variable or /proc file which contains
> the current machine's MACHINE SID, without having to resort to calling
> an external program (no fork(), no exec(), please)?


I'm not aware of one. What problem are you solving?


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