Solved PEX Allows all Groups to change their group

For some reason PEX is allowing all of the groups, to change the group they are in, and use every single PEX command. I have no idea why this is. Here is the permissions:

Code:

groups:
  Guest:
    default: true
    prefix: ''
    permissions:
    - essentials.afk
    - essentials.spawn
    - essentials.home
    - essentials.sethome
    - essentials.rules
    - essentials.motd
    - essentials.msg.*
    - essentials.help
    - essentials.suicide
    - essentials.signs.use.free
    - essentials.signs.use.buy
    - essentials.signs.use.warp
    - essentials.signs.use.disposal
    - essentials.warp
    - essentials.warp.list
    - essentials.warps.*
    - essentials.mail.*
    - essentials.tp
    - essentials.tpa
    - essentials.tpaccept
    - essentials.tpadeny
  Donator:
    default: false
    prefix: '&aVIP &f'
    permissions:
    - essentials.back
    - essentials.sell
    - essentials.worth
    - essentials.me
    - essentials.vanish
    - essentials.setspawn
    - essentials.fly
    - essentials.hat
    - essentials.signs.use.trade
    - essentials.signs.use.sell
    - essentials.signs.create.trade
    - essentials.signs.create.sell
    - essentials.signs.break.trade
    - essentials.signs.break.trade
    - essentials.nick
    - essentials.nick.color
    - essentials.nick.magic
    - essentials.nick.format
    - essentials.gamemode
    inheritance:
    - guest
  Moderator:
    default: false
    prefix: '&cMOD &f'
    permissions:
    - essentials.ban.*
    - essentials.broadcast
    - essentials.give
    - essentials.item
    - essentials.eco
    - essentials.clearinventory.others
    - essentials.clearinventory
    - essentials.vanish.see
    - essentials.essentials
    - essentials.kick
    - essentials.kick.notify
    - essentials.kill
    - essentials.mute
    - essentials.mute.notify
    - essentials.tempban
    - essentials.weather
    - essentials.unban
    - essentials.unban.notify
    inheritance:
    - donator
  Admin:
    default: false
    prefix: '&1ADMIN &f'
    permissions:
    - '*'
    - essentials.*
    - ls.admin
    - essentials.god.*
    - essentials.signs.break.buy
    - essentials.signs.break.free
    - essentials.signs.create.free
    - essentials.signs.create.warp
    - essentials.signs.break.warp
    - essentials.signs.break.disposal
    - essentials.signs.create.disposal
    - vault.admin
    - lagg.*
    inheritance:
    - donator
  Owner:
    default: false
    prefix: '&4&lOWNER &1'
    permissions:
    - '*'
    - essentials.*
    - ls.admin
    - essentials.god.*
    - essentials.signs.break.buy
    - essentials.signs.break.free
    - essentials.signs.create.free
    - essentials.signs.create.warp
    - essentials.signs.break.warp
    - essentials.signs.break.disposal
    - essentials.signs.create.disposal
    - vault.admin
    - lagg.*
    inheritance:
    - moderator
users:
  ChaoticImpulse:
    group:
    - Owner
    permissions:
    - permissions.*
    options:
      group: owner

 

I would really like some help on this...

 

your permissions.yml is outdated

 

It it? How do I fix this?

 

@Mrgts @ThePurpleGolem LOL, It's not. PermissionsEx is not properly functioning with 1.8 as far as I know.. Do you get any console errors if someone types in /pex <args> ?

 

@ThePurpleGolem Are you using 1.8? If so, use this: http://ci.nixium.com/job/PermissionsEx/

 

I am using 1.8. Also, I do not get any console errors.

I will try it

@nverdier it does not work. I think that was the version I was using because it makes no difference

EDIT by Timtower: merged posts

 

Just try adding the permission -permissions.*

This should override the bug and remove it from the player/groups.

 

i have a 1.8.3 server and pex works great with no errors and it's stable!

there is no "options:" above the preferences, i think that's what causing it

 

@ThePurpleGolem So, here is what I would do to test this.

1.) It's not your inheritance, but it's kind of annoying me. Here is something you can do to cut down on unneeded text (which probably won't fix your problem). Make your Admins inheritance to 'moderator' and your Owners inheritance to 'Admins'. Then since you have the '*' permission node for the Admins you can pretty much delete all of the permission nodes for Owner. Might just want to keep the '*' for the Owner group just in case you have to add something later (formatting).

2.) PermissionsEx is very sensitive. You can't use a single command, except for /pex, when you don't have the correct permission nodes for it. So, I have no clue why your players can promote themselves, but here is what I would do to troubleshoot it. Take your Bukkit.jar and StartServer script and create a new server on your desktop. Stop your other one for a couple minutes while you test this. Then start the new server up, add in the plugins, and test it in-game. If it is still giving you the issue then I would try to download the latest version of PermissionsEx. PermissionsEx does support 1.8+ servers, so I really don't think that's your issue.

 

OH LOL. I have found out why it was not working!

Code:

users:
  ChaoticImpulse:
    group:
    - Owner
    permissions:
    - permissions.*
    options:
      group: owner

As you can see, I had the permission all along to change ALL permissions. I was testing if all groups could change their group, but I was the only one testing it. I could always change my group because I always had the permission to. Anyway, I appreciate the help, and thank you all for your time.