no need to set root password
diff --git a/build_lxc.sh b/build_lxc.sh
index ba26f4f..4b10afc 100755
--- a/build_lxc.sh
+++ b/build_lxc.sh
@@ -42,12 +42,9 @@
 # Create the container
 lxc-create -n $CONTAINER -t natty -f $LXC_CONF
 
-# Specify where our container lives
+# Specify where our container rootfs lives
 ROOTFS=/var/lib/lxc/$CONTAINER/rootfs/
 
-# set root password to password
-echo root:pass | chroot $ROOTFS chpasswd
-
 # Create a stack user that is a member of the libvirtd group so that stack 
 # is able to interact with libvirt.
 chroot $ROOTFS groupadd libvirtd