Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com> writes:
> ... my question is what do I need to do so when a user is added to the
> system the local administrator and the group specified during the createuser
> process, she or he can be granted that group's privileges?
I might be misunderstanding, but I think you're looking for GRANT/REVOKE:
GRANT rolename TO newuser;
regards, tom lane