Ubuntu
network-manager package

  1. Bug #284596
  2. Comment #28

Comment 28 for bug 284596

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Jacobo de Vera (jdevera) wrote : Re: nm-applet fail when another user is logged in (intrepid)

This was annoying me too, so until we get a fix for this, you can try this workaround I documented here:

http://blog.jacobodevera.com/2009/07/30/gnome-network-manager-applet-with-multiple-users.html

It is by no means a solution, but it might bring the family back to Linux :)