** Description changed:

  Network settings in Zesty allow users to define a connection as "Shared
  to other computers", this does not currently work in Ubuntu MATE 17.04
  Beta 2 at least for wired connections.
  
- The reason, from the logs is that dnsmasq binary, from dnsmasq package
- is not present:
+ The reason, from the logs is that dnsmasq binary is not present:
  
  [...]
  Apr 11 20:37:22 Edge NetworkManager[946]: <info>  [1491935842.1052] 
Executing: /sbin/iptables --table nat --insert POSTROUTING --source 
10.42.0.0/255.255.255.0 ! --destination 10.42.0.0/255.255.255.0 --jump 
MASQUERADE
  Apr 11 20:37:22 Edge NetworkManager[946]: <error> [1491935842.1117] device 
(enp1s0f2): share: (enp1s0f2) failed to start dnsmasq: Could not find "dnsmasq" 
binary
  Apr 11 20:37:22 Edge NetworkManager[946]: <info>  [1491935842.1119] 
Executing: /sbin/iptables --table nat --delete POSTROUTING --source 
10.42.0.0/255.
  [...]
  
  The way to setup a (wired) connection sharing is as follow:
  
  - Go to Network Connection settings and select the wired connection
  - Under [IPv4 Settings -> Method] select "Shared to other computers"
  
- 
- ouroumov@Edge:~$ apt-cache policy dnsmasq
- dnsmasq:
-   Installed: (none)
-   Candidate: 2.76-5
-   Version table:
-      2.76-5 500
-         500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 Packages
-         500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe i386 Packages
- 
- After installing package dnsmasq, connection sharing works again as
- expected.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
  Package: ubuntu-mate-core 1.190
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-19.21-generic 4.10.8
  Uname: Linux 4.10.0-19-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: MATE
  Date: Tue Apr 11 20:39:44 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-04-05 (6 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Beta amd64 (20170321.1)
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-mate-meta
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Title:
  [Zesty] missing dnsmasq-base package breaks NetworkManager connection
  sharing feature

Status in ubuntu-mate:
  New
Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in ubuntu-mate-meta package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Network settings in Zesty allow users to define a connection as
  "Shared to other computers", this does not currently work in Ubuntu
  MATE 17.04 Beta 2 at least for wired connections.

  The reason, from the logs is that dnsmasq binary is not present:

  [...]
  Apr 11 20:37:22 Edge NetworkManager[946]: <info>  [1491935842.1052] 
Executing: /sbin/iptables --table nat --insert POSTROUTING --source 
10.42.0.0/255.255.255.0 ! --destination 10.42.0.0/255.255.255.0 --jump 
MASQUERADE
  Apr 11 20:37:22 Edge NetworkManager[946]: <error> [1491935842.1117] device 
(enp1s0f2): share: (enp1s0f2) failed to start dnsmasq: Could not find "dnsmasq" 
binary
  Apr 11 20:37:22 Edge NetworkManager[946]: <info>  [1491935842.1119] 
Executing: /sbin/iptables --table nat --delete POSTROUTING --source 
10.42.0.0/255.
  [...]

  The way to setup a (wired) connection sharing is as follow:

  - Go to Network Connection settings and select the wired connection
  - Under [IPv4 Settings -> Method] select "Shared to other computers"

  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
  Package: ubuntu-mate-core 1.190
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-19.21-generic 4.10.8
  Uname: Linux 4.10.0-19-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: MATE
  Date: Tue Apr 11 20:39:44 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-04-05 (6 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Beta amd64 (20170321.1)
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-mate-meta
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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