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Linux DHCP: Why am I getting error "Cannot find viewstate with vsid="ga8wit0u"" trying to edit an alert?

ledziow
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Hi,

When I try to edit the alert "_dhcpd_generate_mac-host_lookup", I get the error:

Encountered the following error while trying to update: In handler 'savedsearch': Cannot find viewstate with vsid="ga8wit0u"

Any suggestion?

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sherm77
Path Finder

I had this problem today (6.2.x), I found that the user getting the error had read permissions on the app, but not write permissions.

This is the role based permissions that you see when you go to Manage Apps, click on permissions for the app in question, then ensure that you have write permissions in your role for that app. Let me know if this helps!

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