Permissions Question

["Thomas H. George" <lists@tomgeorge.info>]

After netinst of etch attempts to start iceape and openoffice as a 
regular user fail.  I was able to alter permissions to allow a regular 
user to open a console window.  If, in the console window I become root, 
then as root I can successfully start and user both iceape and 
openoffice.  I need to alter the permissions so a regular use can use 
these programs and root is not allowed to access the internet from 
iceape but I haven't found the proper way to do this.

Tom George