diff -u gnome-applets-2.16.1/debian/changelog gnome-applets-2.16.1/debian/changelog
--- gnome-applets-2.16.1/debian/changelog
+++ gnome-applets-2.16.1/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+gnome-applets (2.16.1-0ubuntu4~prop1) edgy-proposed; urgency=low
+
+  * Add debian/patches/19_modem-applet_network-admin_gksu.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 16:14:12 +0000
+
 gnome-applets (2.16.1-0ubuntu3) edgy; urgency=low
 
   * debian/patches/17_fix_mute_icon.patch:
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- gnome-applets-2.16.1.orig/debian/patches/19_modem-applet_network-admin_gksu.patch
+++ gnome-applets-2.16.1/debian/patches/19_modem-applet_network-admin_gksu.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+diff -Nur gnome-applets-2.16.1/modemlights/modem-applet.c gnome-applets-2.16.1.new/modemlights/modem-applet.c
+--- gnome-applets-2.16.1/modemlights/modem-applet.c	2006-12-14 14:59:55.000000000 +0000
++++ gnome-applets-2.16.1.new/modemlights/modem-applet.c	2006-12-14 15:00:23.000000000 +0000
+@@ -357,22 +357,29 @@
+ static gboolean
+ launch_config_tool (GdkScreen *screen, OobsIface *iface)
+ {
+-  gchar    *argv[4], *application;
++  gchar    *argv[6], *application, *gksu;
+   gboolean  ret;
+ 
++  gksu = g_find_program_in_path ("gksu");
+   application = g_find_program_in_path (NETWORK_TOOL);
+ 
+-  if (!application)
++  if (!application || !gksu) {
++    g_free (application);
++    g_free (gksu);
+     return FALSE;
++  }
+ 
+-  argv[0] = application;
+-  argv[1] = "--configure";
+-  argv[2] = (gchar*) oobs_iface_get_device_name (iface);
+-  argv[3] = NULL;
++  argv[0] = gksu;
++  argv[1] = "--";
++  argv[2] = application;
++  argv[3] = "--configure";
++  argv[4] = (gchar*) oobs_iface_get_device_name (iface);
++  argv[5] = NULL;
+ 
+   ret = gdk_spawn_on_screen (screen, NULL, argv, NULL, 0,
+ 			     NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+   g_free (application);
++  g_free (gksu);
+   return ret;
+ }
+