Super noob installation question

[Rick Dicaire]

Why are you compiling from source, your distro has a package for this,
which includes the init script. Since you mentioned centos, the package is
'dhcp':

user at host~: yum info dhcp
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mirror.genesisadaptive.com
 * epel: mirrors.rit.edu
 * extras: centos.s.uw.edu
 * updates: centos.mirrors.tds.net
Available Packages
Name        : dhcp
Arch        : x86_64
Epoch       : 12
Version     : 4.2.5
Release     : 68.el7.centos.1
Size        : 513 k
Repo        : base/7/x86_64
Summary     : Dynamic host configuration protocol software
URL         : http://isc.org/products/DHCP/
License     : ISC
Description : DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a protocol
which allows
            : individual devices on an IP network to get their own network
            : configuration information (IP address, subnetmask, broadcast
address,
            : etc.) from a DHCP server. The overall purpose of DHCP is to
make it
            : easier to administer a large network.
            :
            : To use DHCP on your network, install a DHCP service (or relay
agent),
            : and on clients run a DHCP client daemon.  The dhcp package
provides
            : the ISC DHCP service and relay agent.

Source compiles typically do not include init scripts. You should only be
compiling from source if you have a specific need that the binary package
can't or doesn't address.
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