[CentOS] DHCP chown

I just installed 6.5 and am trying to bring up DHCP.
 
service dhcpd start fails with "Can't chown new lease file:  Operation  not 
permitted" in /var/log/messages
 
I have scoured the Internet, see that others have had the problem, but do  
not see a solution.
 
I also searched the last 12 months of the mail list to no avail.
 
Can someone please point me to a solution to this problem?
 
I am new to CentOS coming from Debian and apologize if I have missed  
something.
 
jimc