Would it be possible to use the built-in python module 'getpass' as a somewhat OS agnostic way to get the username? about binwalk HOT 2 OPEN

As for the test for Admin or root, I haven't found an OS agnostic way yet. The closest I could find was this answer from grigoryvp on this question at Stack Overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1026431/cross-platform-way-to-check-admin-rights-in-a-python-script-under-windows. The same solution appears to have been taken without credit by the creator of the following website, where they have discovered that it doesn't work on Windows XP: https://raccoon.ninja/en/dev/using-python-to-check-if-the-application-is-running-as-an-administrator/

I'm still looking.

from binwalk.