[Users] networking with debian based templates

[existx at existx.net]

Hello *,

I'm trying to use the following templates:

debian-4.0-i386-minimal
ubuntu-7.10-i386-minimal

After creating the VEs by:

vzctl create 114 --ostemplate debian-4.0--i386-minimal --config vps.1
vzctl set 114 --hostname blah.somedomain.com --save
vzctl set 114 --ipadd public.ip.add.ress --save
vzctl set 114 --nameserver 4.2.2.1 --save
vzctl start 114
vzctl enter 114
root at localhost:/# ifconfig
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
           inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

venet0    Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr  
00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
           inet addr:127.0.0.1  P-t-P:127.0.0.1  Bcast:0.0.0.0   
Mask:255.255.255.255
           UP BROADCAST POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1
           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
           TX packets:7 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:588 (588.0 b)

venet0:0  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr  
00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
           inet addr:public.ip.add.ress  P-t-P:public.ip.add.ress  
Bcast:0.0.0.0  Mask:255.255.255.255
           UP BROADCAST POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1

Why does it create two venet0 interfaces with one being loopback and  
one being my public IP address?

Of course, there's no network connectivity with this setup.  
Additionally, /etc/network/interfaces only has two entries. One for  
venet0 (public IP address) and lo (loopback). There are several other  
rpm based and gentoo VEs running on this machine using a public IP  
address without issue.

Any input would be appreciated!