diff -Nru ppp-2.4.4.orig/pppd/sys-linux.c ppp-2.4.4/pppd/sys-linux.c
--- ppp-2.4.4.orig/pppd/sys-linux.c	2007-08-17 10:53:55.000000000 +0300
+++ ppp-2.4.4/pppd/sys-linux.c	2007-08-17 10:56:29.000000000 +0300
@@ -2051,10 +2051,10 @@
     kernel_version = KVERSION(osmaj, osmin, ospatch);
 
     fd = open("/dev/ppp", O_RDWR);
-#if 0
+/* #if 0 */
     if (fd < 0 && errno == ENOENT) {
 	/* try making it and see if that helps. */
-	if (mknod("/dev/ppp", S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
+	if (mknod("/dev/ppp", S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP,
 		  makedev(108, 0)) >= 0) {
 	    fd = open("/dev/ppp", O_RDWR);
 	    if (fd >= 0)
@@ -2065,7 +2065,7 @@
 	    fd = open("/dev/ppp", O_RDWR);
 	}
     }
-#endif /* 0 */
+/* #endif /* 0 */
     if (fd >= 0) {
 	new_style_driver = 1;