I can't place water at my spawn. That makes sense. However I can break and place blocks. What gives?
If I op myself I can then place water. If I de-op myself I cannot.
However regardless of my op-status, I can break and place blocks.
Why is spawn protection working for some actions but not for others?
Note: Not sure if this matters, but in the areas I can't place water, if I attempt to place it, my bucket empties, but no water appears. However, if I click the bucket where I 'didn't place' the water, the bucket fills with water.
I'm using TechWorld
Best Answer
It looks like a bug with 1.4.x with the spawn protection. The workaround is to define anything in your ops.txt and spawn protection should work properly.
The other option is to use a protection plugin instead of the vanilla protection.