diff --git a/fabfile.py b/fabfile.py
index a457184d007566d7283a953ea98fe7bc89f40bf3..4a4ba4961f88d3a3bfbdaf6daf8b157d40b65dcf 100644
--- a/fabfile.py
+++ b/fabfile.py
@@ -26,11 +26,41 @@ import os.path
 import shutil
 
 from fabric.api import *
+from fabric.contrib.files import exists, upload_template
 
 
 execfile(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'rattail', '_version.py'))
 
 
+def get_overwrite(overwrite=None):
+    """
+    Obtain a canonical "overwrite" directive.
+    """
+
+    if overwrite in (True, False):
+        return overwrite
+
+    if overwrite is None:
+        overwrite = raw_input("Overwrite as needed? [y/N]: ")
+        overwrite = overwrite.strip().lower()
+    else:
+        overwrite = overwrite.lower()
+    return overwrite.startswith('y')
+
+
+def prettify(text):
+    """
+    Return a "prettified" version of text.
+
+    This is basically copied from ``edbob.util``.
+    """
+
+    text = text.replace('_', ' ')
+    text = text.replace('-', ' ')
+    words = text.split()
+    return ' '.join([x.capitalize() for x in words])
+
+
 @task
 def release():
     """
@@ -49,9 +79,69 @@ def release():
 
 
 @task
-def create_user():
+def create_user(overwrite=None):
     """
     Create the 'rattail' user account.
     """
 
-    sudo('adduser --system --home /var/lib/rattail --group rattail')
+    overwrite = get_overwrite(overwrite)
+
+    with settings(warn_only=True):
+        result = run('id rattail')
+
+    if result.return_code: # user doesn't exist
+        sudo('adduser --system --home /var/lib/rattail --group rattail')
+
+    elif overwrite:
+        sudo('usermod --home /var/lib/rattail --move-home --shell /bin/false rattail')
+
+
+@task
+def configure_filemon(name=None, desc=None, envdir=None, overwrite=None):
+    """
+    Configure a Rattail File Monitor daemon.
+    """
+
+    if name is None:
+        default_name = 'rattail-filemon'
+        name = raw_input("Enter a name for the service [{0}]: ".format(default_name))
+        name = name.strip() or default_name
+
+    if desc is None:
+        default_desc = prettify(name.replace('filemon', 'file-monitor'))
+        desc = raw_input("Enter a description [{0}]: ".format(default_desc))
+        desc = desc.strip() or default_desc
+
+    if envdir is None:
+        default_envdir = name.replace('-filemon', '')
+        default_envdir = default_envdir.replace('-', '.')
+        default_envdir = '/srv/envs/{0}'.format(default_envdir)
+        envdir = raw_input("Enter a virtual environment path [{0}]: ".format(default_envdir))
+        envdir = envdir.strip() or default_envdir
+
+    overwrite = get_overwrite(overwrite)
+
+    if not exists('/etc/default/rattail') or overwrite:
+        put('data/etc/default/rattail', '/etc/default', use_sudo=True)
+        sudo('chown root: /etc/default/rattail')
+
+    if not exists('/var/lib/rattail'):
+        create_user(overwrite=True)
+
+    if not exists('/var/lib/rattail/init.d'):
+        sudo('mkdir /var/lib/rattail/init.d', user='rattail')
+
+    if not exists('/var/lib/rattail/init.d/filemon') or overwrite:
+        put('data/var/lib/rattail/init.d/filemon', '/var/lib/rattail/init.d', use_sudo=True)
+        sudo('chown rattail: /var/lib/rattail/init.d/filemon')
+
+    script = '/etc/init.d/{0}'.format(name)
+    if not exists(script) or overwrite:
+        upload_template('data/etc/init.d/rattail-filemon_tmpl', script,
+                        context=locals(), use_sudo=True, mode=0755)
+        sudo('chown root: {0}'.format(script))
+        sudo('insserv {0}'.format(script))
+
+    if not exists('/var/run/rattail'):
+        sudo('mkdir /var/run/rattail')
+        sudo('chown rattail: /var/run/rattail')