diff --git a/cli/setup.sh b/cli/setup.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+echo "export DOCKER_HOST_IP=$DOCKER_HOST_IP" > /home/voltha/.bashrc
+echo "export PYTHONPATH=/cli" >> /home/voltha/.bashrc
+echo "export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" >> /home/voltha/.bashrc
+echo "export DOCKER_HOST_IP=$DOCKER_HOST_IP" > /home/voltha/.bash_profile
+echo "export PYTHONPATH=/cli" >> /home/voltha/.bash_profile
+echo "export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" >> /home/voltha/.bash_profile
+echo '/cli/cli/main.py -L -C $DOCKER_HOST_IP:8500' >> /home/voltha/.bash_profile
+echo "logout" >> /home/voltha/.bash_profile
+chown voltha.voltha /home/voltha/.bash_profile
+/usr/sbin/sshd -D
+