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[Brian Murray <brian@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Ritesh, or anyone else affected,

Accepted network-manager-applet into precise-proposed. The package will
build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source
/network-manager-applet/0.9.4.1-0ubuntu2.4 in a few hours, and then in
the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this update
out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag
from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the
bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to
verification-failed.  In either case, details of your testing will help
us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1240088

Title:
  add network (nm-applet) to login screen

Status in network-manager-applet package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in unity-greeter package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in network-manager-applet source package in Precise:
  Fix Committed
Status in unity-greeter source package in Precise:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [Impact] 
   * User has a hard time to login via network, (krb5) if nm-applet is not accessible via login screen. 

  [Test Case]
  1) make sure the system is configure to authenticate via krb5
  2) login with user "A" and disconnect from the network via nm-applet, logout
  3) Try to login with user B

   a. Actual Results:
  User B is not able to authenticate because the system is not connected to the network so we are not able to talk to the krb servers

   b. Expected Results:
  Users should be able to use network manager from within unity greater and reconnect to the network before attempting to login.

  
  [Regression Potential] 
   * n/a . The patch is a backport from upstream

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