Using conserver in an OpenBSD environment: 1. Customize the configuration for your needs, see /etc/conserver.cf 2. Edit /etc/rc.conf.local file: ... conserver=YES 3. Edit /etc/rc.local file: echo -n 'starting local daemons:' ... if [ -f /etc/conserver.cf ]; then if [ X"${conserver}" = X"YES" -a -x /usr/local/sbin/conserver ]; then echo -n ' conserver'; /usr/local/sbin/conserver -d -n fi fi ... echo '.' 4. See the man pages for conserver, conserver.cf, and console as well as the files in /usr/local/share/examples/conserver for more information.