Here's my /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf:

request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers,
        domain-name, domain-name-servers, domain-search, host-name,
        netbios-name-servers, netbios-scope, interface-mtu;
timeout 60;
reject 192.168.1.27;
alias {
  interface "eth0";
  fixed-address 192.168.1.222;
}
lease {
  interface "eth0";
  fixed-address 192.168.1.222;
  option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
  option broadcast-address 255.255.255.255;
  option routers 192.168.1.254;
  option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.254;
}

When I run "dhclient eth0", I get this:

There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.pid with pid 6511
killed old client process, removed PID file
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/eth0/00:1c:25:97:82:20
Sending on   LPF/eth0/00:1c:25:97:82:20
Sending on   Socket/fallback
DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.1.27 on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK of 192.168.1.27 from 192.168.1.254
bound to 192.168.1.27 -- renewal in 1468 seconds.

I used strace to make sure that dhclient really is reading that conf file. Why isn't it paying attention to my "reject 192.168.1.27" and "fixed-address 192.168.1.222" lines?