OpenBSD Frequently Asked Questions


This FAQ is supplemental documentation to the man pages, which are available both in the installed system and online. It covers the latest release of OpenBSD. There are likely new features and changes in the development version of OpenBSD (-current) that are not covered in the FAQ.

Quick Links:

Security Updates Manual Pages Porter's Handbook
Upgrading to 7.6 Mailing Lists Port Testing Guide
Following -current Reporting Bugs PF User's Guide


Introduction to OpenBSD

Installation Guide

System Management

Package Management

Building the System from Source

Disk Setup

Networking

Keyboard and Display Controls

The X Window System

Multimedia

Virtualization

Virtual Private Networks (VPN)

PF User's Guide


Past contributors to the FAQ include Nick Holland, Steven Mestdagh, Joel Knight, Eric Jackson, Wim Vandeputte and Chris Cappuccio.

Questions and comments regarding this FAQ may be directed to misc@openbsd.org. General questions about OpenBSD should be directed to the appropriate mailing list.

$OpenBSD: index.html,v 1.559 2024/10/07 14:20:31 tj Exp $