2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ab5e402..73939fb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.86.4:
+- avoid multiple instances of draknetcenter for the
+  same user (if it's already running)
+
 0.86.3:
 - do not group all hosts pointing at the same IP together (#30168)
 
diff --git a/bin/draknetcenter b/bin/draknetcenter
index b2f8d14..7396631 100755
--- a/bin/draknetcenter
+++ b/bin/draknetcenter
@@ -2,19 +2,22 @@
 # Olivier Blin, 2007 <oblin@mandriva.com>
 # Licensed under the GPL
 
-
 use strict;
 use lib qw(/usr/lib/libDrakX);
 
 # i18n: IMPORTANT: to get correct namespace (drakx-net instead of libDrakX)
 BEGIN { unshift @::textdomains, 'drakx-net' }
 
+use common;
 use standalone;
 use network::network;
 use network::monitor;
 use network::netcenter;
 use dbus_object;
 
+#- Allow multiple instances, but only one per user:
+is_running('draknetcenter') and die "draknetcenter already running\n";
+
 my $in = 'interactive'->vnew('su');
 my $net = {};
 network::network::read_net_conf($net);