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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This is a modified version of /usr/share/lxc/templates/lxc-debian
+# that comes with Ubuntu 13.04 changed to suit vagrant-lxc needs
+
+set -e
+
+if [ -r /etc/default/lxc ]; then
+    . /etc/default/lxc
+fi
+
+SUITE=${SUITE:-wheezy}
+MIRROR=${MIRROR:-http://ftp.debian.org/debian}
+
+configure_debian()
+{
+    rootfs=$1
+    hostname=$2
+    release=$2
+
+    # squeeze only has /dev/tty and /dev/tty0 by default,
+    # therefore creating missing device nodes for tty1-4.
+    for tty in $(seq 1 4); do
+        if [ ! -e $rootfs/dev/tty$tty ]; then
+            mknod $rootfs/dev/tty$tty c 4 $tty
+        fi
+    done
+
+    # configure the inittab
+    cat <<EOF > $rootfs/etc/inittab
+id:3:initdefault:
+si::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS
+l0:0:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 0
+l1:1:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 1
+l2:2:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 2
+l3:3:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 3
+l4:4:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 4
+l5:5:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 5
+l6:6:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 6
+# Normally not reached, but fallthrough in case of emergency.
+z6:6:respawn:/sbin/sulogin
+1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 console
+#c1:12345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1 linux
+c2:12345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2 linux
+c3:12345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3 linux
+c4:12345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4 linux
+p6::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/init 6
+p0::powerfail:/sbin/init 0
+EOF
+
+    # disable selinux in debian
+    mkdir -p $rootfs/selinux
+    echo 0 > $rootfs/selinux/enforce
+
+    # configure the network using the dhcp
+    cat <<EOF > $rootfs/etc/network/interfaces
+auto lo
+iface lo inet loopback
+
+auto eth0
+iface eth0 inet dhcp
+EOF
+
+    # set the hostname
+    cat <<EOF > $rootfs/etc/hostname
+$hostname
+EOF
+
+    # set the host in case it is not set so that sudo does not complain about the host
+    if ! (grep -q $hostname $rootfs/etc/hosts); then
+      chroot $rootfs sed -i -e \
+          "s/^127.0.0.1\(\s\+\)localhost$/127.0.0.1\1localhost\n127.0.0.1\1${hostname}/g" \
+          /etc/hosts >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    fi
+
+    # set default locale
+    cat <<EOF > $rootfs/etc/locale.gen
+en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
+EOF
+    echo "default locale set to en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8"
+    chroot $rootfs locale-gen 'en_US.UTF-8' > /dev/null 2>&1
+    chroot $rootfs update-locale LANG='en_US.UTF-8'
+    echo 'update-locale done'
+
+    # remove pointless services in a container
+    chroot $rootfs /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f checkroot.sh remove
+    chroot $rootfs /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f umountfs remove
+    chroot $rootfs /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f hwclock.sh remove
+    chroot $rootfs /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f hwclockfirst.sh remove
+
+    echo "root:vagrant" | chroot $rootfs chpasswd
+
+    if ! (grep -q vagrant $rootfs/etc/passwd); then
+      chroot $rootfs useradd --create-home -s /bin/bash vagrant
+      echo "vagrant:vagrant" | chroot $rootfs chpasswd
+      chroot $rootfs adduser vagrant sudo >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+      chroot $rootfs cp /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.orig >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+      chroot $rootfs sed -i -e \
+          's/%sudo\s\+ALL=(ALL\(:ALL\)\?)\s\+ALL/%sudo ALL=NOPASSWD:ALL/g' \
+          /etc/sudoers >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    fi
+
+    return 0
+}
+
+cleanup()
+{
+    rm -rf ${cache}/partial
+    rm -rf ${cache}/rootfs
+}
+
+add_ssh_key()
+{
+    user=$1
+
+    if [ -n "$auth_key" -a -f "$auth_key" ]; then
+        u_path="/home/${user}/.ssh"
+        root_u_path="$rootfs/$u_path"
+
+        mkdir -p $root_u_path
+        cp $auth_key "$root_u_path/authorized_keys"
+        chroot $rootfs chown -R ${user}: "$u_path"
+
+        echo "Inserted SSH public key from $auth_key into /home/${user}/.ssh/authorized_keys"
+    fi
+}
+
+disable_tmp_cleanup() {
+    rootfs=$1
+    chroot $rootfs /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f checkroot-bootclean.sh remove
+    chroot $rootfs /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f mountall-bootclean.sh remove
+    chroot $rootfs /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f mountnfs-bootclean.sh remove
+}
+
+usage()
+{
+    cat <<EOF
+$1 -h|--help [-a|--arch] [-d|--debug]
+  [-F | --flush-cache] [-r|--release <release>] [ -S | --auth-key <keyfile>]
+release: the debian release (e.g. wheezy): defaults to host release on debian, otherwise uses latest stable
+arch: the container architecture (e.g. amd64): defaults to host arch
+auth-key: SSH Public key file to inject into container
+EOF
+    return 0
+}
+
+options=$(getopt -o a:b:hp:r:xn:Fd:C -l arch:,help,path:,release:,name:,flush-cache,auth-key:,debug:,tarball: -- "$@")
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    usage $(basename $0)
+    exit 1
+fi
+eval set -- "$options"
+
+release=wheezy  # Default to the last Debian stable release
+
+arch=$(uname -m)
+
+# Code taken from debootstrap
+if [ -x /usr/bin/dpkg ] && /usr/bin/dpkg --print-architecture >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    arch=`/usr/bin/dpkg --print-architecture`
+elif type udpkg >/dev/null 2>&1 && udpkg --print-architecture >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    arch=`/usr/bin/udpkg --print-architecture`
+else
+    arch=$(uname -m)
+    if [ "$arch" = "i686" ]; then
+        arch="i386"
+    elif [ "$arch" = "x86_64" ]; then
+        arch="amd64"
+    elif [ "$arch" = "armv7l" ]; then
+        arch="armel"
+    fi
+fi
+
+if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
+    echo "This script should be run as 'root'"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+declare cache=`readlink -f .` \
+        arch=$1 \
+        release=$2 \
+        auth_key=$3
+
+# detect rootfs
+cache=`readlink -f .`
+rootfs="${cache}/rootfs"
+
+configure_debian $rootfs $release
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "failed to configure debian $release for a container"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+add_ssh_key vagrant
+
+# vagrant and / or plugins might mount some shared folders under /tmp by default
+# (like puppet manifests) and we need to make sure no shared folder gets its
+# contents removed because of it. For more information, please check:
+#   https://github.com/fgrehm/vagrant-lxc/issues/68
+disable_tmp_cleanup $rootfs
+
+echo ""
+echo "##"
+echo "# The default user is 'vagrant' with password 'vagrant'!"
+echo "# Use the 'sudo' command to run tasks as root in the container."
+echo "##"
+echo ""