diff --git a/dbemail.tmpl b/dbemail.tmpl
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+Hello _username_;
+
+Your database has been provisioned.  Information below should be used to connect to it:
+
+Database name: _username_
+Database user: _username_
+Password: _password_
diff --git a/makedb b/makedb
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+USER=$1
+PASSWORD=`pwgen -1B 24`
+ADMIN_EMAIL='root@thunix.net'
+
+sudo mysql -u root << _EOF
+CREATE DATABASE $USER;
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON $USER.* TO '$USER'@'localhost' 	IDENTIFIED BY '$PASSWORD';
+FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
+_EOF
+
+sed -e "s/_username_/$USER/g" -e "s/_password_/$PASSWORD/g" dbemail.tmpl | sudo mail -s "Your database has been provisioned" $USER@thunix.net
+sed -e "s/_username_/$USER/g" -e "s/_password_/$PASSWORD/g" dbemail.tmpl | sudo mail -s "Your database has been provisioned" $ADMIN_EMAIL
+