Configuring <application>dhcpcd</application> Config files /var/lib/dhcpc/* Configuration Information To configure dhcpcd, we need to first install the network service script, /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/services/dhcpcd included in the package. make install-service-dhcpcd Now create the ifconfig.eth0 configuration file using the following commands. Adjust appropriatly for additional interfaces. Note: This will overwrite any existing file. cat > /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifconfig.eth0 << "EOF" ONBOOT=yes DHCP_START="[insert appropriate start options here]" DHCP_STOP="-k [insert other stop options here]" SERVICE=dhcpcd EOF For more information on the appropriate DHCP_START and DHCP_STOP values, examine the man page for dhcpcd. Finally, if the DHCP configured interface is used as your default gateway, you should remove the GATEWAY and GATEWAY_IF variables from /etc/sysconfig/network: sed -i "s/GATEWAY/#&/" /etc/sysconfig/network