Comment 78 for bug 284596

This one's a royal pain, eh?

I want to tell you about how I have worked around this bug. It is a workaround, not a fix.

 - Create a script called /usr/local/bin/grab-network

  #! /bin/bash

  sudo killall -1 nm-applet
  sleep 1
  nohup nm-applet < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 &
  sleep 1

 - chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/grab-network

 - Run visudo, and add these lines:

    Cmnd_Alias GRAB_NETWORK = /usr/bin/killall -1 nm-applet

  and

    # Allows people in grab_network group to restart wireless.
    %grab_network ALL = NOPASSWD: GRAB_NETWORK

 - Create a new group in /etc/group called "grab_network".

 - Add users who you want to be able to grab the network, to this group.

 - On the desktop for each of these users, create a launcher to /usr/local/bin/grab-network.

As I said, a workaround, not a fix.