To start the burp server run /etc/rc.d/rc.burp start To start burp automatically on boot up, add these lines to /etc/rc.d/rc.local # Start burp if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.burp ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.burp start fi and the following lines in /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown to stop burp on shutdown # Stop burp if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.burp ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.burp stop fi Naturally, ensure that all these scripts have executable permissions.