diff -ruN wicd-1.7.2.4.orig/wicd/wnettools.py wicd-1.7.2.4/wicd/wnettools.py
--- wicd-1.7.2.4.orig/wicd/wnettools.py	2013-03-30 21:47:19.804907552 +0000
+++ wicd-1.7.2.4/wicd/wnettools.py	2013-03-31 08:44:37.572792110 +0000
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import time
 from string import maketrans, translate
 
+import tempfile
 import wpath
 import misc
 from misc import find_path 
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@
         self.flush_tool = None
         self.link_detect = None       
         self.dhcp_object = None
+        self.dhclient_conf_path = None;
     
     def SetDebugMode(self, value):
         """ If True, verbose output is enabled. """
@@ -277,12 +279,6 @@
                 cmd = ""
             return (client, cmd)
 
-                # probably /var/lib/wicd/dhclient.conf with defaults
-        dhclient_conf_path = os.path.join(
-                    wpath.varlib,
-                    'dhclient.conf'
-                )
-        
         client_dict = {
             "dhclient" : 
                 {'connect' : r"%(cmd)s -cf %(dhclientconf)s %(iface)s",
@@ -307,41 +303,44 @@
         }
         (client_name, cmd) = get_client_name(self.DHCP_CLIENT)
 
-        # cause dhclient doesn't have a handy dandy argument
-        # for specifing the hostname to be sent
-        if client_name == "dhclient" and flavor:
-            if hostname == None:
-                # <hostname> will use the system hostname
-                # we'll use that if there is hostname passed
-                # that shouldn't happen, though
-                hostname = '<hostname>'
-            print 'attempting to set hostname with dhclient'
-            print 'using dhcpcd or another supported client may work better'
-            dhclient_template = \
-                open(os.path.join(wpath.etc, 'dhclient.conf.template'), 'r')
-
-            output_conf = open(dhclient_conf_path, 'w')
-
-            for line in dhclient_template.readlines():
-                line = line.replace('$_HOSTNAME', hostname)
-                output_conf.write(line)
-
-            output_conf.close()
-            dhclient_template.close()
-            os.chmod(dhclient_conf_path, 0644)
-
         if not client_name or not cmd:
             print "WARNING: Failed to find a valid dhcp client!"
             return ""
             
         if flavor == "connect":
+            # cause dhclient doesn't have a handy dandy argument
+            # for specifing the hostname to be sent
+            if client_name == "dhclient" and flavor:
+                if hostname == None:
+                    # <hostname> will use the system hostname
+                    # we'll use that if there is hostname passed
+                    # that shouldn't happen, though
+                    hostname = '<hostname>'
+                print 'attempting to set hostname with dhclient'
+                print 'using dhcpcd or another supported client may work better'
+                if not self.dhclient_conf_path:
+                    _,self.dhclient_conf_path = tempfile.mkstemp()
+                    print 'New dhclient conf path: %s ' % self.dhclient_conf_path
+                dhclient_template = \
+                    open(os.path.join(wpath.etc, 'dhclient.conf.template'), 'r')
+
+                output_conf = open(self.dhclient_conf_path, 'w')
+
+                for line in dhclient_template.readlines():
+                    line = line.replace('$_HOSTNAME', hostname)
+                    output_conf.write(line)
+
+                output_conf.close()
+                dhclient_template.close()
+                os.chmod(self.dhclient_conf_path, 0644)
+
             if not hostname:
                 hostname = os.uname()[1]
             return client_dict[client_name]['connect'] % \
                     { "cmd" : cmd,
                       "iface" : self.iface,
                       "hostname" : hostname,
-                      'dhclientconf' : dhclient_conf_path }
+                      'dhclientconf' : self.dhclient_conf_path }
         elif flavor == "release":
             return client_dict[client_name]['release'] % {"cmd":cmd, "iface":self.iface}
         else: