diff -u gnome-netstatus-2.12.0/debian/changelog gnome-netstatus-2.12.0/debian/changelog
--- gnome-netstatus-2.12.0/debian/changelog
+++ gnome-netstatus-2.12.0/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+gnome-netstatus (2.12.0-5ubuntu7~prop1) edgy-proposed; urgency=low
+
+  * Add debian/patches/01_network-admin_sudo.patch:
+    - Call network-admin through gksu.
+    - This is necessary due to fixing system-tools-backends to only allow
+      access to root (bug LP#59946).
+
+ -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com>  Tue,  5 Dec 2006 17:08:00 +0000
+
 gnome-netstatus (2.12.0-5ubuntu6) edgy; urgency=low
 
   * debian/patches/01_use-gksu.patch:
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- gnome-netstatus-2.12.0.orig/debian/patches/01_network-admin_sudo.patch
+++ gnome-netstatus-2.12.0/debian/patches/01_network-admin_sudo.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Nur gnome-netstatus-2.12.0/src/netstatus-dialog.c gnome-netstatus-2.12.0.new/src/netstatus-dialog.c
+--- gnome-netstatus-2.12.0/src/netstatus-dialog.c	2004-07-05 17:04:56.000000000 +0000
++++ gnome-netstatus-2.12.0.new/src/netstatus-dialog.c	2006-12-05 17:07:46.000000000 +0000
+@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
+ #define NETWORK_CONFIG_TOOL_KEY NETWORK_CONFIG_TOOL_DIR "/config_tool"
+ 
+ static const char *network_config_tools[] = {
+-  "network-admin --configure %i",
++  "gksu -- network-admin --configure %i",
+   "redhat-config-network",
+   "system-control-network"
+ };