PPPD Problem

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This probably isn't a fair question to ask here, but I expect most
everyone here already knows the answer so I hope it's okay to ask
anyway.

I faithfully followed the AutoPPP instructions for allowing Windows
workstations to dial into my server.  Dialing from Windows works just
fine.  Now, however, I can't dial in from a Linux workstation.   I
believe the mgetty portion is correct, it's just the pppd portion.

The error that appears on the terminal window is as follows:

Red Hat Linux release 6.0 (Hedwig)
Kernel 2.2.5-15 on an i686


C3!login: ppp
Password:
Last login: Fri Sep 17 13:54:43 on ttyS0
-pppd: Can't open options file /home/ppp/.ppprc: Operation not permitted



My mgetty log file, /etc/mg.ttyS0 is as follows:

--
09/19 19:20:05 ##### data dev=ttyS0, pid=2034, caller=, conn='115200',
name='', cmd='/bin/login', user='ppp'

--
09/19 19:20:06 yS0  TIOCMBIS failed: Input/output error
09/19 19:20:06 yS0  cannot turn off soft carrier: Input/output error
09/19 19:20:06 yS0  tcgetattr failed: Input/output error
09/19 19:20:06 yS0  cannot get TIO: Input/output error
09/19 19:24:02 ##### data dev=ttyS0, pid=2123, caller=none,
conn='115200', name='', cmd='/usr/sbin/pppd', user='/AutoPPP/'


Note that the entry at time 19:24:02 is when I dialed in with Windows.
The entries for time 19:20:xx are when I tried dialing in with Linux.

I would be very grateful for any help on this one.

Thanks.

Tom