diff --git a/lib/swift b/lib/swift
index 0febb00..be25c81 100644
--- a/lib/swift
+++ b/lib/swift
@@ -520,6 +520,11 @@
 # swifttenanttest2   swiftusertest2     admin
 
 function create_swift_accounts() {
+    # Defines specific passwords used by tools/create_userrc.sh
+    SWIFTUSERTEST1_PASSWORD=testing
+    SWIFTUSERTEST2_PASSWORD=testing2
+    SWIFTUSERTEST3_PASSWORD=testing3
+
     KEYSTONE_CATALOG_BACKEND=${KEYSTONE_CATALOG_BACKEND:-sql}
 
     SERVICE_TENANT=$(keystone tenant-list | awk "/ $SERVICE_TENANT_NAME / { print \$2 }")
@@ -542,17 +547,17 @@
 
     SWIFT_TENANT_TEST1=$(keystone tenant-create --name=swifttenanttest1 | grep " id " | get_field 2)
     die_if_not_set $LINENO SWIFT_TENANT_TEST1 "Failure creating SWIFT_TENANT_TEST1"
-    SWIFT_USER_TEST1=$(keystone user-create --name=swiftusertest1 --pass=testing --email=test@example.com | grep " id " | get_field 2)
+    SWIFT_USER_TEST1=$(keystone user-create --name=swiftusertest1 --pass=$SWIFTUSERTEST1_PASSWORD --email=test@example.com | grep " id " | get_field 2)
     die_if_not_set $LINENO SWIFT_USER_TEST1 "Failure creating SWIFT_USER_TEST1"
     keystone user-role-add --user-id $SWIFT_USER_TEST1 --role-id $ADMIN_ROLE --tenant-id $SWIFT_TENANT_TEST1
 
-    SWIFT_USER_TEST3=$(keystone user-create --name=swiftusertest3 --pass=testing3 --email=test3@example.com | grep " id " | get_field 2)
+    SWIFT_USER_TEST3=$(keystone user-create --name=swiftusertest3 --pass=$SWIFTUSERTEST3_PASSWORD --email=test3@example.com | grep " id " | get_field 2)
     die_if_not_set $LINENO SWIFT_USER_TEST3 "Failure creating SWIFT_USER_TEST3"
     keystone user-role-add --user-id $SWIFT_USER_TEST3 --role-id $ANOTHER_ROLE --tenant-id $SWIFT_TENANT_TEST1
 
     SWIFT_TENANT_TEST2=$(keystone tenant-create --name=swifttenanttest2 | grep " id " | get_field 2)
     die_if_not_set $LINENO SWIFT_TENANT_TEST2 "Failure creating SWIFT_TENANT_TEST2"
-    SWIFT_USER_TEST2=$(keystone user-create --name=swiftusertest2 --pass=testing2 --email=test2@example.com | grep " id " | get_field 2)
+    SWIFT_USER_TEST2=$(keystone user-create --name=swiftusertest2 --pass=$SWIFTUSERTEST2_PASSWORD --email=test2@example.com | grep " id " | get_field 2)
     die_if_not_set $LINENO SWIFT_USER_TEST2 "Failure creating SWIFT_USER_TEST2"
     keystone user-role-add --user-id $SWIFT_USER_TEST2 --role-id $ADMIN_ROLE --tenant-id $SWIFT_TENANT_TEST2
 }