Weird error with GroupManager

I get this error when starting up my server:

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Code:

19:35:10 [SEVERE] Error occurred while enabling GroupManager v1.1 (Phoenix) (Is it up to date?): The following file couldn't pass on Parser.
plugins/GroupManager/worlds/spotworld/groups.yml
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: The following file couldn't pass on Parser.
plugins/GroupManager/worlds/spotworld/groups.yml
	at org.anjocaido.groupmanager.dataholder.WorldDataHolder.load(WorldDataHolder.java:479)
	at org.anjocaido.groupmanager.dataholder.worlds.WorldsHolder.loadWorld(WorldsHolder.java:361)
	at org.anjocaido.groupmanager.dataholder.worlds.WorldsHolder.initialWorldLoading(WorldsHolder.java:69)
	at org.anjocaido.groupmanager.dataholder.worlds.WorldsHolder.initialLoad(WorldsHolder.java:63)
	at org.anjocaido.groupmanager.dataholder.worlds.WorldsHolder.<init>(WorldsHolder.java:56)
	at org.anjocaido.groupmanager.GroupManager.onEnable(GroupManager.java:86)
	at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin.setEnabled(JavaPlugin.java:126)
	at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.enablePlugin(JavaPluginLoader.java:920)
	at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.enablePlugin(SimplePluginManager.java:278)
	at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.loadPlugin(CraftServer.java:173)
	at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.enablePlugins(CraftServer.java:156)
	at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.e(MinecraftServer.java:297)
	at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.a(MinecraftServer.java:284)
	at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.init(MinecraftServer.java:152)
	at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:348)
	at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:417)
Caused by: while scanning an alias
 in "<reader>", line 60, column 7:
        - *.*
          ^
expected alphabetic or numeric character, but found but found .
 in "<reader>", line 60, column 8:
        - *.*
           ^

	at org.yaml.snakeyaml.scanner.ScannerImpl.scanAnchor(ScannerImpl.java:1156)
	at org.yaml.snakeyaml.scanner.ScannerImpl.fetchAlias(ScannerImpl.java:782)
	at org.yaml.snakeyaml.scanner.ScannerImpl.fetchMoreTokens(ScannerImpl.java:313)
	at org.yaml.snakeyaml.scanner.ScannerImpl.checkToken(ScannerImpl.java:183)
	at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl$ParseIndentlessSequenceEntry.produce(ParserImpl.java:538)
	at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl.peekEvent(ParserImpl.java:163)
	at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl.checkEvent(ParserImpl.java:148)
	at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeSequenceNode(Composer.java:203)
	at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeNode(Composer.java:158)
	at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeMappingNode(Composer.java:230)
	at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeNode(Composer.java:160)
	at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeMappingNode(Composer.java:230)
	at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeNode(Composer.java:160)
	at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeMappingNode(Composer.java:230)
	at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeNode(Composer.java:160)
	at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeDocument(Composer.java:122)
	at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.getSingleNode(Composer.java:105)
	at org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.BaseConstructor.getSingleData(BaseConstructor.java:124)
	at org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml.load(Yaml.java:264)
	at org.anjocaido.groupmanager.dataholder.WorldDataHolder.load(WorldDataHolder.java:474)
	... 15 more

This is my permissions file:

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Code:

groups:
  Guest:
    default: true
    permissions: []
    inheritance: []
    info:
      prefix: '&4[Guest] '
      build: false
      suffix: ''
  Normal:
    default: false
    permissions:
    - essentials.help
    - essentials.home
    - essentials.motd
    - essentials.chat.shout
    - essentials.chat.question
    - essentials.chat.color
    - essentials.balance
    - essentials.pay
    - essentials.sell
    - essentials.worth
    - essentials.afk
    - essentials.getpos
    - essentials.helpop
    - essentials.mail.send
    - essentials.mail
    - essentials.msg
    - essentials.suicide
    - essentials.clearinventory
    - essentials.ping
    - essentials.back
    - essentials.back.ondeath
    - essentials.tpaccept
    - essentials.tpdeny
    - lockette.user.create
    - warpz0r.warp
    inheritance:
    - Guest
    info:
      prefix: ''
      build: true
      suffix: ''
  SubAdmin:
    default: false
    permissions:
    - lockette.*
    - essentials.*
    - -essentials.ipban
    - warpz0r.*
    inheritance:
    - Normal
    info:
      prefix: '&B[Sub-Admin] &f'
      build: true
      suffix: ''
  Admin:
    default: false
    permissions:
    - *
    inheritance: []
    info:
      prefix: '&9[Admin] &f'
      build: true
      suffix: ''
  Owner:
    default: false
    permissions:
    - *
    inheritance: []
    info:
      prefix: '&1[Owner] &f'
      build: true
      suffix: ''

Apparently the problem lies within the ' - * '-node in the Admin and Owner groups.
But the Essentials-page says it should work... Has anyone got this problem before?
My players are aching to join the server...

Oh, my Bukkit build is 1185, my Essentials version is 2.6.1.

 

You'll need to move to a supported permissions manager like bPermissions, PEX, or PermissionsBukkit. bPermissions will support the '*" node, not sure about the others.

 

I'm not sure these plugins will work for me... GroupManager seems to be the easiest, apart from that one error...

I'm just sticking with GroupManager. I'll replace the - * with - plugin.*, makes it more versatile. I don't want to configure all the permissions AGAIN. :3

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

See where you have Owner and Admin? you have written down for permissions as *, thats all you have down.

Im pretty sure for owner and admin you have to write '*'. I had the same error and it worked, when i did that.