Need Help with PermissionsEx! Very confused.

Hello everyone,

I've been trying to configure PermissionsEx's config.yml file for the whole day now, and I am extremely frustrated that I cannot get it to work. There are so many flaws that it seems PermissionsEx is not even there! The commands can be executed via the server, but I cannot do anything in game with my Permissions UNLESS I am "OP'ed", which tells me that there might be something wrong with the way I'm putting my config.yml. However, I followed many tutorials exactly, yet I am still unable to set the simplest of permissions such as those with only one default group. Please have a look:

groups:
default:
default: true
permissions:
- modifyworld.*
Builder:
inheritance: Default
default: false
permissions:
- essentials.tp
- essentials.tphere
- worldedit.replace
- worldedit.set
- mobarena.create
prefix: '&b[&bBuilder&b]&f'
suffix: '&f'

Problems:
1) The ModifyWorld plugin does not generate the folder that most plugins usually do after running the server after installation, whereas the other "essentials" plugins do
2) I cannot use any commands unless I am "OP"
3) There are many more commands which I originally added, but this was the simplest of files that I copied from tutorials, and yet it STILL doesn't work.

IF ANYBODY, JUST ANYBODY can solve my problem, I'll give you rep. Or whatever they have on this forum. Thanks! <3

 

I am still very new to PermissionsEX but I will try to help.

Regarding your first problem with the folder not generating, check your server when you turn it on and see if you are getting an error that says something along the lines of "Are you using an outdated version of ModifyWorld? Null". If it is, then the Bukkit build you are using doesn't work with that plugin, I was having the same issue. I had to use Bukkit build 1318 to get it to work correctly.

Your second problem I am not sure about because the way you posted your permissions it looks like you have them all lined up together, edit your post and put them into a code box so people can tell if you have your spacing correct. Like I said I am very new to trying to write my permissions files but I figured I could offer what little help I have.

 

The actual permissions do not go in the config.yml within the permissionsex subfolder. They go into the permissions.yml

If you cant get it right, use the in console/in game method of adding permissions using commands.

 

If I want to start over and do it via the console, do I have to delete the old data for permissions.yml?

 

It would probably be a good idea for a clean start of the PEX config files.

I know it's a lot of work, but then you don't have to worry about a correct layout.