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Created attachment 824478 [details]
Screenshot of icon, ifconfig and ping

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
NetworkManager-0.9.9.0-22.git20131108.el7.x86_64
gnome-shell-3.8.4-14.el7.x86_64
gnome-session-3.8.4-2.el7.x86_64

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Log in as root to gnome-classic

Actual results:
Icon of network have big X. It looks like that connection is not available.

Expected results:
Normal icon

Additional info:

If I switch to normal user (not root) - the icon is fine.

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*** Bug 1151271 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

More info is in bug 1096772. So this bug should be duped to it. However, I am not sure if that can be done in regard to bug permissions/visibility.

This should be fixed in RHEL 7.1

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1096772 ***