Minecraft – Bukkit Permissions Not Being Enforced

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Ok so I have a Bukkit server up and running and I want to use the Permissions Plugin to help give different users different permissions to help protect the server. I configured the permissions and reloaded them. However it seems that users have access to commands that they should not be able to run. Here is my set up…

Groups.yml

groups:
    Default:
        default: true
        info:
            build: false
        permissions:
    Builder:
        default: false
        info:
            build: true
        permissions:
            - 'worldedit.*'
            - 'mobSpawner.*'
            inheritance:
            - Default
    Moderator:
        default: false
        info:
            prefix: '&b'
            suffix: '&f'
            build: true
        inheritance:
            - Builder
        permissions:
            - 'worldedit.*'
            - 'motd.*'
            - 'worldguard.*'
    Admin:
        default: false
        info:
            prefix: '&4'
            suffix: '&f'
            build: true
        permissions:
            - '*'

Users.yml

users:
    test_user:
        groups:
        - Builder
        permissions:
    admin_user:
        permissions:
        groups:
        - Admin

When I run the /pr test_user perms listall command it outputs worldedit.*, mobSpawner.* which means that the permissions are being loaded correctly. But when I log on as test_user I am able to use the /regions command which is a part of WorldGuard plugin which the test_user should not have access to. What am I doing wrong?

Best Answer

Your problem may be that you are an OP on your server. I had this problem when setting up one a server – OPs seem to have permissions to access all commands (the * permission node), even if Essentials is trying to override it.

Related Solutions

Minecraft – Bukkit DefaultCommands Permissions

In my opinion, your best bet here is to use Essentials' GroupManager. It's simple to set up, gives OPs all available commands and lets normal users play with basic permissions. All you have to do is download the Essentials Suite from here, paste the Jar files into your plugins directory and start the server to let it generate the default files.

Then, open plugins/GroupManager/Worlds/World/Groups.yml with your favourite text editor and tweak it a little. By default, new players will be added to the default group, which has no building permissions. If you change build: false to build: true under the info section, they'll be able to place and destroy blocks, and use a very basic set of commands.

groups:
  Default:
    default: true
    permissions:
    - essentials.help
    - essentials.helpop
    - essentials.list
    - essentials.motd
    - essentials.rules
    - essentials.spawn
    inheritance: []
    info:
      prefix: '&e'
      build: false
      suffix: ''

  ...

If you want to give your users some more freedom, change default: false to default: true for the Builder group. You can also remove some commands you don't want them to have while still conserving the other ones, such as essentials.kit and essentials.kit.tools. You can also change the group of the already existing users editing plugins/GroupManager/Worlds/World/Users.yml.

For more advanced Permission management, I'd recommend Permissions 3.x before DefaultCommands.

Edit: Here's a really useful command reference for GroupManager: forums.fragnet.net/minecraft/588-essentials-command-reference.html

Minecraft – Bukkit Permissions Plugin

Permissions' functionality is being built in to Bukkit. There's a transitional plugin in the meantime called PermissionsBukkit so that plugin authors can start using the new built-in Permissions API before it is completely rolled into the server. This is the version that you'll need to install to be able to use most of the actively-maintained Bukkit plugins.

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