[newbie] kppp

[Mike & Tracy Holt]

Hello all,
    I've just installed Mandrake 7.1beta (hydrogen) on two computers and it
looks great!  One problem is that, as root, I can connect to the internet
with kppp just fine; as user, I get the error message 'Sorry, can't create
modem lock file'.  Any guesses?  I would imagine that it has to do with
permissions, but I'm not sure what to change.  I did try to chmod the
/dev/modem permissions but that did nothing.

Mike