Essentials Group Manager Permissions Help (Admin & Ops)

Okay heres the scoop, I GET the part where I allow players to be able to use commands based on nodes and seems to be working OK. What I dont understand is that I have my op under the "moderator group" in the users file but he cant use any of the commands listed in the permissions in the "moderator" group. Also when I deop myself and have myself under the admin category with the "*" allowing me to have all commands and permissions, I still am unable to reload my own server (/reload) unless i add myself to the op's file.. . Can anyone tell me why its not working right?

I just want to be able to limit what my ops can do, is really all i want. here is my groups then users.

groups:
Default:
default: true
permissions:
- essentials.help
- essentials.helpop
- essentials.list
- essentials.mail
- essentials.mail.send
- essentials.motd
- essentials.msg
- essentials.rules
- essentials.spawn
- lvt.vote.time
- pickpocket.use
inheritance: []
info:
prefix: '&e'
build: true
suffix: ''
SemiAdmin:
default: false
permissions:
- -groupmanager.mantogglesave
- essentials
- essentials.clearinventory
- essentials.cooldown.bypass
- essentials.deljail
- essentials.give
- essentials.god
- essentials.heal
- essentials.heal.others
- essentials.invsee
- essentials.item
- essentials.jails
- essentials.kickall
- essentials.kit.*
- essentials.mute
- essentials.sell
- essentials.setjail
- essentials.signs.protection.override
- essentials.spawnmob
- essentials.teleport.cooldown.bypass
- essentials.teleport.timer.bypass
- essentials.togglejail
- groupmanager.*
- essentials.burn
inheritance:
- moderator
info:
prefix: '&c'
build: true
suffix: ''
Builder:
default: false
permissions:
- essentials.afk
- essentials.back.ondeath
- essentials.balance
- essentials.chat.shout
- essentials.compass
- essentials.home
- essentials.kit
- essentials.kit.tools
- essentials.mail
- essentials.mail.send
- essentials.me
- essentials.msg
- essentials.nick
- essentials.pay
- essentials.portal
- essentials.protect
- essentials.sethome
- essentials.signs.buy.use
- essentials.signs.disposal.create
- essentials.signs.disposal.use
- essentials.signs.free.use
- essentials.signs.heal.use
- essentials.signs.mail.create
- essentials.signs.mail.use
- essentials.signs.protection.create
- essentials.signs.protection.use
- essentials.signs.sell.use
- essentials.signs.trade.create
- essentials.signs.trade.use
- essentials.suicide
- essentials.tpa
- essentials.tpaccept
- essentials.tpahere
- essentials.tpdeny
- essentials.warp
- essentials.warp.list
- essentials.worth
inheritance:
- default
info:
prefix: '&2'
build: true
suffix: ''
Moderator:
default: false
permissions:
- essentials.back
- essentials.ban
- essentials.banip
- essentials.broadcast
- essentials.delwarp
- essentials.depth
- essentials.eco
- essentials.ext
- essentials.getpos
- essentials.jump
- essentials.kick
- essentials.kill
- essentials.setwarp
- essentials.time
- essentials.togglejail
- essentials.top
- essentials.tp
- essentials.tphere
- essentials.tpo
- essentials.tpohere
- essentials.tppos
- essentials.tptoggle
- essentials.unban
- essentials.unbanip
- essentials.whois
- essentials.world
- groupmanager.listgroups
- groupmanager.mandemote
- groupmanager.manload
- groupmanager.manpromote
- groupmanager.mansave
- groupmanager.manselect
- groupmanager.manuadd
- groupmanager.manudel
inheritance:
- builder
info:
prefix: '&3[Op]'
build: true
suffix: ''
Admin:
default: false
permissions:
- '*'
- -essentials.protect.damage.*
inheritance:
- semiadmin
info:
prefix: '&2[Owner]'
build: true
suffix: ''

 

for admin its '*' not '-*'

 

yeah its not like that...you can see it as " -'*' " under admin.... -_-

 

You said "-*" yourself. As for how your actual permissions look, it is really hard to tell with them all bold and everything and not in code tags.

 

there, i fixed it so it shows just like it does in notepad++. I cant post the ones with all the brackets and stuff cause, well, it doesnt come out correctly into the box...its all bunched up