20:15:02 [SCHWERWIEGEND] unacceptable character ' ' (0x0) special characters are not allowed in "<reader>", position 0 20:15:02 [SCHWERWIEGEND] at org.yaml.snakeyaml.reader.StreamReader.checkP rintable(StreamReader.java:98) 20:15:02 [SCHWERWIEGEND] at org.yaml.snakeyaml.reader.StreamReader.update (StreamReader.java:191) 20:15:02 [SCHWERWIEGEND] at org.yaml.snakeyaml.reader.StreamReader.<init> (StreamReader.java:63) 20:15:02 [SCHWERWIEGEND] at org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml.load(Yaml.java:423) 20:15:02 [SCHWERWIEGEND] at org.bukkit.util.config.Configuration.load(Con figuration.java:90) 20:15:02 [SCHWERWIEGEND] at com.nijiko.data.YamlUserStorage.performConver sion(YamlUserStorage.java:35) 20:15:02 [SCHWERWIEGEND] at com.nijiko.data.YamlUserStorage.<init>(YamlUs erStorage.java:30) 20:15:02 [SCHWERWIEGEND] at com.nijiko.data.YamlCreator.getUserStorage(Ya mlCreator.java:33) 20:15:02 [SCHWERWIEGEND] at com.nijiko.data.StorageFactory.getUserStorage (StorageFactory.java:76) 20:15:02 [SCHWERWIEGEND] at com.nijiko.permissions.ModularControl.forceLo adWorld(ModularControl.java:95) 20:15:02 [SCHWERWIEGEND] at com.nijiko.permissions.ModularControl.loadWor ld(ModularControl.java:86) 20:15:02 [SCHWERWIEGEND] at com.nijiko.permissions.ModularControl.load(Mo dularControl.java:114) 20:15:02 [SCHWERWIEGEND] at com.nijikokun.bukkit.Permissions.Permissions. setupPermissions(Permissions.java:181) 20:15:02 [SCHWERWIEGEND] at com.nijikokun.bukkit.Permissions.Permissions. onLoad(Permissions.java:133) 20:15:02 [SCHWERWIEGEND] at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.loadPlugin s(CraftServer.java:167) 20:15:02 [SCHWERWIEGEND] at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.<init>(Cra ftServer.java:140) 20:15:02 [SCHWERWIEGEND] at net.minecraft.server.ServerConfigurationManag er.<init>(ServerConfigurationManager.java:52) 20:15:02 [SCHWERWIEGEND] at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.init(Min ecraftServer.java:148) 20:15:02 [SCHWERWIEGEND] at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(Mine craftServer.java:408) 20:15:02 [SCHWERWIEGEND] at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication. run(SourceFile:465)
That you are using an outdated permissions plugin, having a format error and posting in the wrong forum,
Moved to help. Almost looks like your yml file is not encoded properly... But someone else might be able to give you a better answer.
Use http://yaml-online-parser.appspot.com/ to control your permissions file and also switch to a newer Permissions plugin for example PermissionsEx.