diff --git a/bin/swauth-add-account b/bin/swauth-add-account
index fe18b5a72d..9f40429d00 100755
--- a/bin/swauth-add-account
+++ b/bin/swauth-add-account
@@ -51,11 +51,12 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     if parsed.scheme not in ('http', 'https'):
         raise Exception('Cannot handle protocol scheme %s for url %s' %
                         (parsed.scheme, repr(options.admin_url)))
-    if not parsed.path:
-        parsed.path = '/'
-    elif parsed.path[-1] != '/':
-        parsed.path += '/'
-    path = '%sv2/%s' % (parsed.path, account)
+    parsed_path = parsed.path
+    if not parsed_path:
+        parsed_path = '/'
+    elif parsed_path[-1] != '/':
+        parsed_path += '/'
+    path = '%sv2/%s' % (parsed_path, account)
     headers = {'X-Auth-Admin-User': options.admin_user,
                'X-Auth-Admin-Key': options.admin_key}
     if options.suffix:
diff --git a/bin/swauth-add-user b/bin/swauth-add-user
index 045dc0a766..365a24a085 100755
--- a/bin/swauth-add-user
+++ b/bin/swauth-add-user
@@ -61,12 +61,13 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     if parsed.scheme not in ('http', 'https'):
         raise Exception('Cannot handle protocol scheme %s for url %s' %
                         (parsed.scheme, repr(options.admin_url)))
-    if not parsed.path:
-        parsed.path = '/'
-    elif parsed.path[-1] != '/':
-        parsed.path += '/'
+    parsed_path = parsed.path
+    if not parsed_path:
+        parsed_path = '/'
+    elif parsed_path[-1] != '/':
+        parsed_path += '/'
     # Ensure the account exists
-    path = '%sv2/%s' % (parsed.path, account)
+    path = '%sv2/%s' % (parsed_path, account)
     headers = {'X-Auth-Admin-User': options.admin_user,
                'X-Auth-Admin-Key': options.admin_key}
     if options.suffix:
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     if resp.status // 100 != 2:
         print 'Account creation failed: %s %s' % (resp.status, resp.reason)
     # Add the user
-    path = '%sv2/%s/%s' % (parsed.path, account, user)
+    path = '%sv2/%s/%s' % (parsed_path, account, user)
     headers = {'X-Auth-Admin-User': options.admin_user,
                'X-Auth-Admin-Key': options.admin_key,
                'X-Auth-User-Key': password}
diff --git a/bin/swauth-delete-account b/bin/swauth-delete-account
index 3d98f6ec4e..8e4bd42f76 100755
--- a/bin/swauth-delete-account
+++ b/bin/swauth-delete-account
@@ -45,11 +45,12 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     if parsed.scheme not in ('http', 'https'):
         raise Exception('Cannot handle protocol scheme %s for url %s' %
                         (parsed.scheme, repr(options.admin_url)))
-    if not parsed.path:
-        parsed.path = '/'
-    elif parsed.path[-1] != '/':
-        parsed.path += '/'
-    path = '%sv2/%s' % (parsed.path, account)
+    parsed_path = parsed.path
+    if not parsed_path:
+        parsed_path = '/'
+    elif parsed_path[-1] != '/':
+        parsed_path += '/'
+    path = '%sv2/%s' % (parsed_path, account)
     headers = {'X-Auth-Admin-User': options.admin_user,
                'X-Auth-Admin-Key': options.admin_key}
     conn = http_connect(parsed.hostname, parsed.port, 'DELETE', path, headers,
diff --git a/bin/swauth-delete-user b/bin/swauth-delete-user
index ede076dd5b..f2f7808b64 100755
--- a/bin/swauth-delete-user
+++ b/bin/swauth-delete-user
@@ -45,11 +45,12 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     if parsed.scheme not in ('http', 'https'):
         raise Exception('Cannot handle protocol scheme %s for url %s' %
                         (parsed.scheme, repr(options.admin_url)))
-    if not parsed.path:
-        parsed.path = '/'
-    elif parsed.path[-1] != '/':
-        parsed.path += '/'
-    path = '%sv2/%s/%s' % (parsed.path, account, user)
+    parsed_path = parsed.path
+    if not parsed_path:
+        parsed_path = '/'
+    elif parsed_path[-1] != '/':
+        parsed_path += '/'
+    path = '%sv2/%s/%s' % (parsed_path, account, user)
     headers = {'X-Auth-Admin-User': options.admin_user,
                'X-Auth-Admin-Key': options.admin_key}
     conn = http_connect(parsed.hostname, parsed.port, 'DELETE', path, headers,
diff --git a/bin/swauth-list b/bin/swauth-list
index 85a7633966..217b5baff8 100755
--- a/bin/swauth-list
+++ b/bin/swauth-list
@@ -64,11 +64,12 @@ If the [user] is '.groups', the active groups for the account will be listed.
     if parsed.scheme not in ('http', 'https'):
         raise Exception('Cannot handle protocol scheme %s for url %s' %
                         (parsed.scheme, repr(options.admin_url)))
-    if not parsed.path:
-        parsed.path = '/'
-    elif parsed.path[-1] != '/':
-        parsed.path += '/'
-    path = '%sv2/%s' % (parsed.path, '/'.join(args))
+    parsed_path = parsed.path
+    if not parsed_path:
+        parsed_path = '/'
+    elif parsed_path[-1] != '/':
+        parsed_path += '/'
+    path = '%sv2/%s' % (parsed_path, '/'.join(args))
     headers = {'X-Auth-Admin-User': options.admin_user,
                'X-Auth-Admin-Key': options.admin_key}
     conn = http_connect(parsed.hostname, parsed.port, 'GET', path, headers,
diff --git a/bin/swauth-prep b/bin/swauth-prep
index 3d2cb7d3eb..ca47ff9faa 100755
--- a/bin/swauth-prep
+++ b/bin/swauth-prep
@@ -44,11 +44,12 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     if parsed.scheme not in ('http', 'https'):
         raise Exception('Cannot handle protocol scheme %s for url %s' %
                         (parsed.scheme, repr(options.admin_url)))
-    if not parsed.path:
-        parsed.path = '/'
-    elif parsed.path[-1] != '/':
-        parsed.path += '/'
-    path = '%sv2/.prep' % parsed.path
+    parsed_path = parsed.path
+    if not parsed_path:
+        parsed_path = '/'
+    elif parsed_path[-1] != '/':
+        parsed_path += '/'
+    path = '%sv2/.prep' % parsed_path
     headers = {'X-Auth-Admin-User': options.admin_user,
                'X-Auth-Admin-Key': options.admin_key}
     conn = http_connect(parsed.hostname, parsed.port, 'POST', path, headers,
diff --git a/bin/swauth-set-account-service b/bin/swauth-set-account-service
index 054e4cfc4b..538210e497 100755
--- a/bin/swauth-set-account-service
+++ b/bin/swauth-set-account-service
@@ -55,11 +55,12 @@ Example: %prog -K swauthkey test storage local http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1/AUTH_018
     if parsed.scheme not in ('http', 'https'):
         raise Exception('Cannot handle protocol scheme %s for url %s' %
                         (parsed.scheme, repr(options.admin_url)))
-    if not parsed.path:
-        parsed.path = '/'
-    elif parsed.path[-1] != '/':
-        parsed.path += '/'
-    path = '%sv2/%s/.services' % (parsed.path, account)
+    parsed_path = parsed.path
+    if not parsed_path:
+        parsed_path = '/'
+    elif parsed_path[-1] != '/':
+        parsed_path += '/'
+    path = '%sv2/%s/.services' % (parsed_path, account)
     body = json.dumps({service: {name: url}})
     headers = {'Content-Length': str(len(body)),
                'X-Auth-Admin-User': options.admin_user,