Inactive [ADMN/DEV] Permissions 3.1.6 - The Plugin of Tomorrow [935]

Permissions 3.1.6 (Yeti)

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Latest Stable (3.1.6) : Full Zip | Main Jar Only | SQL Interface Jar Only

Previous Versions:
3.1.5 (JAR|SQL) | 3.1.4 (JAR|SQL) | 3.1.3 (JAR|SQL) | 3.1.2 (JAR|SQL) | 3.1.1 (JAR) | 3.1 (JAR) | More older versions


COMMAND RESTRUCTURING
Feel free to comment and give suggestions.


DO NOT USE GLOBAL CONFIGS FOR NOW. THE GLOBAL CONFIG IS MEANT TO SUPPLEMENT WORLD-SPECIFIC CONFIGS, NOT THE OTHER WAY ROUND. SEE https://github.com/TheYeti/Permissions/wiki/Global-vs-World .I WILL WRITE A PROPER TUTORIAL ON HOW TO USE THE GLOBAL CONFIGS SOON.

TODO:

• Revamp commands

Known plugins that cause IllegalAccessError(s):

• Help (not fixed yet)

Temp Fix for IAEs (open) Temp Fix for IAEs (close)

1. Open Help's JAR with 7zip.
2. Find MANIFEST.MF (it can be in the root folder or in the META-INF folder, or both).
3. Open the MANIFEST.MF file in a text editor
4. Look for a line that starts with "Class-Path:".
5. Delete "Permissions.jar" from that line.
6. Save the manifest.
7. 7zip will prompt you to save changes back into the archive. Accept.
8. Restart server.

Source - SQL Interface Source - Wiki - Bug Tracker - Setup Guide on GitHub​

Plugin Authors: How to hook into Permissions​

Due to @TheYeti being busy in RL for now, I have created a new thread for Permissions 3.x. TheYeti is still part of the Permissions team.​

Permissions... Reborn.

This is a continuation of the work that was originally done by Nijikokun. All original credit goes to them as without their work this plugin would not have been possible. This plugin does not provide any commands or additional functionality beyond what is described in this post. That means that you need another plugin to provide colored names, chat prefixes, and op commands such as /give and /time.​

The Permissions Team​

The team consists of myself @rcjrrjcr and @TheYeti currently with contributions from @Nijikokun as well on occasion. There are also several other members of the community who frequently assist with providing code changes, bug fixes, patches, support, feedback, and beta testing. Special thanks to @flames and the Dynmap & Wormhole X-Treme teams for the hosting of Permissions on their Jenkins server.​

What's new in 3.x?

Taken from the GitHub page:

1. In-game commands. For a long time, users have been pestering, nagging, demanding and/or screaming for an way to manage Permissions via commands. Now, in 3.0, in-game commands are available to manage permissions and groups.
2. SQL storage. This allows web interfaces to manage Permissions by updating the SQL database Permissions uses.
3. Promotion/demotion tracks. With a simple command, users can be promoted/demoted along a preconfigured track, allowing RP servers with ranks to promote the player along a class track and other possibilities.
4. Multigroup.
5. Weightage. Plugins are able to compare users via their weight, which is inherited from their groups. For example, SlapPlugin can check if Player A is higher-weighted than Player B when A tries to slap B (Not IRL, obviously).
6. Improved world mirroring. Config files are now split into a group file and a user file. Also, by editing storageconfig.yml, you can configure the mirroring of entire worlds, or just its users/groups. You also do not have to create files for worlds that mirror another world. Also, two different worlds can use different storage types, like YAML and SQL.
7. Global permissions. Instead of having to resort to cross-world group inheritance, now all worlds inherit groups and users from the global permissions file. Also, the inherited groups/users can be overridden via editing the specific world's file.

Upgrading from 2.x to 3.x

I have written a guide on GitHub. This demonstrates how to convert 2.x-style configs to 3.0. The YAML-to-SQL converter are still in testing, but it can be downloaded from here. It's written in Perl. @Zgred has created a web version of the script located here. @omgneeq is working on an Web UI for SQL databases (Sorry about the previous statement that he was making a converter.)​

Install (open) Install (close)

For the admins

In case you missed the link above, the Setup Guide on GitHub will help you quite a bit

Samkio has updated his tutorial for P3:


First thing that you will need to do is download the plugin. Place it in your plugins/ folder and unzip it. This should create the folder Permissions and a Permissions.jar file in your plugins folder. Next, go into Permissions/ and create a folder named the same as your world. So if your world name from server.properties is Foo you will need to create the folder plugins/Permissions/Foo. You MUST rename it to whatever your world's name is or it will not work.

Note, if you have your server maps all saved into a single directory then the initial setup will be somewhat different. Say your maps are arranged in the main directory like so: bukkit/mapfolder/world1, bukkit/mapfolder/world2, etc. Then inside of the plugin/Permissions directory you will need to create a folder called mapfolder and inside of that put the directories containing users.yml and groups.yml in there.

Next, you will need to go in and add yourself to the users, just replace the user that is in there with your name. Make any other modifications that you need to. While making modifications make sure that you do NOT use tabs. These will break the YAML format and cause issues. Instead, each indent should be four spaces. If you want people who aren't in the Admin group to be able to reload the permissions plugin you need to give them 'permissions.reload' permissions within the config file.

Permissions gives server admins great control, mostly in-game reloading. More info about commands can be found here.

FAQ (open) FAQ (close)

[FAQ]

[Q] What is with the version numbers? I can't keep up, it seems like every time I look there is a new version!
[A] I use the GNU versioning system for my version numbers. So what this means is the version number should be read as Major.Minor.Revision. So for version 2.5.2 this would mean it is the 2nd Major version, the 5th Minor release in this version, and the 2nd revision. I tend to release bug fixes and anything that doesn't add functionality or will not break things as revisions. So generally you should be safe with just watching the major & minor numbers and only getting the revision if it fixes a bug specific to you. Technically 2.5.2 should have been released as 2.6 as it did add functionality, but this was below even a minor change so I released it as a revision.

[Q] I am getting an error that it can't pass BLOCK_PLACED or BLOCK _BREAK events to Permissions. Fix it!
[A] That's not a question. The reason why it can't place these is probably because the syntax of your Permissions file is all whacked out, or it is a different world and you don't have a config file for that world.

[Q] What am I suppose to name the config file?
[A] You need to name it the same as your world. So if you look in server.properties at "level-name" you will see a world name there. Rename your config file to the same thing as that. Make sure you keep the .yml extension at the end.

[Q] Permissions are broken. Why can no one use commands? Why am I not an admin?
[A] First off, make sure that your formatting is correct. Look at the format that the default config file uses. Yours should look like that. Do NOT use tabs. Use 4 spaces (IE. " " <-- Four of those things.). Also, whichever group you give the permission '*' to, do not have that group inherit permissions from anyone else. That is called overloading and it will break things. Also, this.


[Q] Which one am I suppose to download and unzip to install this?
[A] Download the main package, not the JAR only. Unzip the ZIP file. The JAR only downloads are simply there for people who are UPGRADING and do not need the default config file.

[Q] I have done all of this and this doesn't work! I'm going back to GroupManager!
[A] Well, there is probably the problem. Make sure that you delete EssentialsGroupManager.jar and EssentialsGroupBridge.jar as these don't play well with Permissions and will cause headache.

[Q] When are you going to add <blah> <feature/command> into this already? You suck! Do what I want NAU PL0X!
[A] Feature requests should be posted on the GitHub tracker. Stupid suggestions like adding teleportation functionality and other less ludicrous stuff will be rejected.

Changelog

• 3.1.6
  • Major fixes.
  • Simplify tracks

Changelog (open) Changelog (close)

• 3.1.5
  • Fix several minor bugs.
  • Autoconvert 2.x/GM format (only works if you split them into groups.yml and users.yml, but leave the rest untouched)

• 3.1.4
  • Fix YAML locking bugs.

• 3.1.3
  • Fix another SQL data and inheritance issue.

• 3.1.2
  • Fix SQL data issues.
  • Added user/group name autocomplete
  • Separated SQL interface into separate plugin

• 3.1.1
  • Fix prefix/suffix issues.
  • Added ON UPDATE CASCADE to the SQL foreign [/SIZE]

• 3.1
  • Tons of fixes.

• 3.0.6
  • Fix SQLite issues due to misimplementation of methods.

• 3.0.5
  • Fix cache-related NPEs
  • Fixed quoted worlds (thanks again @Jeyge !)

• 3.0.4
  • Fix LinkageError caused by ServiceManager not unloading the PermissionHandler class.
  • Added cache
  • Fix index not being incremented when promoting (thanks @Jeyge !)

• 3.0.3
  • Fixed another getGroup bug.

• 3.0.2
  • Fixed getGroup bug.

• 3.0.1
  • Fixed some NPE bugs.

• 3.0
  • Total overhaul of Permissions. Adds many new features (see What's new in 3.0?).

• 2.7.4
  • Added overload of has() and permissions() for plugin devs

• 2.7.3
  • Fixed negate node add/remove bug.

• 2.7.2
  • Fix for small subtle bug introduced in last minor version.

• 2.7.1
  • Commit by DThielke to fix several bugs with programmatic modifications of user permissions.

• 2.7
  • Further commits by rcjrrjcr
    • Removed negatedNode checks
    • Temp fix for NULL issue
    • WorldConfigurationModification to save only modified configs
    • Fix for cache problems

Credits (open) Credits (close)

TheYeti:

Nijikokun - Without their original work this plugin would not be possible.​

All of the members of the community that regularly provide support in this thread for Permissions​

Rigby, Kainzo, DThielke, GoMySQL, sk89q, RightLegRed - For hanging out with me in IRC, tons of testing, and pushing me to improve on the code constantly and make changes to make this plugin constantly better and better, and in general being entertaining.​

Everyone else on here and in IRC who provides support, feedback, assistance, plugins that have continued to support and integrate this, and in general makes my life a bit easier, THANK YOU!​

rcjrrjcr:

I would like to thank Joy , jamesg and omgneeq for staying in #permissions for long periods of time to test out 3.0, and help me find many coding mistakes I made, patiently waiting for the next build while I fixed the bugs. I appreciate SvenBrnn 's and GoMySQL(Geoff Winans on this forum) 's help that allow me to design and code the SQL interface, and the HeroCraft coding team for providing support and some priceless IRC quotes (Dgco). Also, I would like to thank Lycano for helping me in many different aspects. Last but not least, I would like to thank Nijikokun and TheYeti for developing P2, which was one of my core plugins when I was still a 14-year-old server admin that didn't understand Java, and was the base for 3.0. Without these people, 3.0 would never be possible.​

If after reading through all of that you are still having issues do one of two things. If it is a provable bug, and you have things like screenshots or copies of startup, steps to reproduce, your craftbukkit build and the version this is running along with your config files then submit the bug on the issue tracker. If it is general help or support you are needing then post a reply to this thread and someone will try to help you.

Old thread: Permissions v2.7.4

 

Yeah, it's outdated. I'll ask @Zgred to update it.

 

Code:

groups:
    Player:
        default: true
        info:
            prefix: ''
            suffix: ''
            build: false
        inheritance:
        permissions:

have also changed build: false to build: true
i've removed ALL other plugins and still can't build without having to be OP

 

Markdown messed up my URL formatting. Should work now.

 

Are you trying to build in the spawn area? You'll want to set your spawn-protection to 0 if you are. Or in a zone owned by someone else. Also, are you sure your permissions are working? Post the rest of your files along with your server.log.

 

Not sure what you mean by the rest of my files? but here is the server.log and I walked at least 50 blocks away from the spawn. The zone isn't owned by anyone there is no one on my server and i just made a completely new server from scratch to test permissions.

Code:

2011-06-08 23:57:57 [INFO] Starting minecraft server version Beta 1.6.6
2011-06-08 23:57:57 [INFO] Loading properties
2011-06-08 23:57:57 [INFO] Starting Minecraft server on *:25565
2011-06-08 23:57:57 [INFO] This server is running Craftbukkit version git-Bukkit-0.0.0-766-g3fc0460-b818jnks (MC: 1.6.6)
2011-06-08 23:57:57 [INFO] Preparing level "world"
2011-06-08 23:57:58 [INFO] Preparing start region for level 0
2011-06-08 23:57:58 [INFO] Preparing start region for level 1
2011-06-08 23:57:59 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 36%
2011-06-08 23:57:59 [INFO] [Permissions] (Yeti) was initialized.
2011-06-08 23:57:59 [INFO] [Permissions] version [3.1.4] (Yeti)  loaded
2011-06-08 23:57:59 [INFO] Done (0.159s)! For help, type "help" or "?"

 

I was assuming that the small portion of your groups.yml was just a small portion of that file but if that is all you have, then you will need a users.yml file and your build is currently set to false. Without a users.yml file, you will be in the default group and you won't be able to build. I'm also assuming your global files and storageconfig.yml are all empty.

Your files look fine although you should leave the global files empty for now. Are your users.yml and groups.yml in the plugins\permissions\world directory and are there only 2 files in that directory? Another thing to check is your username. Make sure you have it cased correctly.

I know LWC is having some problems with the latest builds right now so I would watch for a build that they say is working completely before trusting your items to it.

Promote/demote is broken right now but you can take a look at the post here for more information about it.

I believe those are MyMcAdmin flags.

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

 

groups and globalGroups has the following...

Code:

groups:
    Default:
        default: true
        info:
            prefix: ''
            suffix: ''
            build: true
        inheritance:
        permissions:

user and globalUsers has the following...

Code:

users:
    Wargasm22:
        groups:
            - Default
        permissions:

and well... here is the server properties...

Code:

#Minecraft server properties
#Wed Jun 08 23:33:28 CDT 2011
level-name=world
allow-nether=false
view-distance=10
spawn-monsters=true
online-mode=true
spawn-animals=true
pvp=true
max-players=50
server-ip=
level-seed=
server-port=25565
allow-flight=true
white-list=false
spawn-protection=0

and to top it off here is the server log one more time...

Code:

2011-06-09 00:13:19 [INFO] Starting minecraft server version Beta 1.6.6
2011-06-09 00:13:19 [INFO] Loading properties
2011-06-09 00:13:19 [INFO] Starting Minecraft server on *:25565
2011-06-09 00:13:19 [INFO] This server is running Craftbukkit version git-Bukkit-0.0.0-766-g3fc0460-b818jnks (MC: 1.6.6)
2011-06-09 00:13:19 [INFO] Preparing level "world"
2011-06-09 00:13:19 [INFO] Preparing start region for level 0
2011-06-09 00:13:20 [INFO] Preparing start region for level 1
2011-06-09 00:13:20 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 32%
2011-06-09 00:13:21 [INFO] [Permissions] (Yeti) was initialized.
2011-06-09 00:13:21 [INFO] [Permissions] version [3.1.4] (Yeti)  loaded
2011-06-09 00:13:21 [INFO] Done (0.161s)! For help, type "help" or "?"

The storageconfig.yml is empty.

 

thanks to WhosDaMan and Jeyge, it works for me now. i copied everything except the extra groups he made from WhosDaMan's link and fixed it up with what Jeyge said. now i'm able to break and place blocks and i can use skills and abilities. i also got notepad++ like someone else said, it keeps shit organized and you can have more than one file open in one window.

the only problem i have now is that the /lwc (lock chests/doors) command doesnt work for me. it might be a separate download, so does anyone know what i should do?

i was gonna get modloader, hungermod and the apple trees mod as well (ive seen them in a different server with mcmmo) but as simple as the instructions are, minecraft stops working and i have to reinstall minecraft because of how changed the minecraft.jar was.

also, thanks to anyone helping people out on here.

 

Hello,

I updated all my plugins reconfigured permissions and such but instead of being in the Admin group, it is reading me as a Guest.

I read up a bit and found a solution.

 

i cant seem to figure out the promote/demote command... can someone explain it to me?

 

Is there any reason my globalGroups.yml would show "Interact: True" as I've set it, but my globalUsers.yml would constantly show "Interact: False", no matter what I do (including deleting it and allowing it to be generated anew)?

Ah, that would explain the unruly nature. I'll kick the panel in the digi-face and do a pile of manual edits, then. >_<
Much thanks

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

 

Can I get a link to a Dev build that fixes the IllegalAccessError...or at least partly? Thank

 

Arg ! problem with 3.1.5 inside users.yml !!!!
It remplace all player groups and permissions by "[]"

On both world and Nether, i put 3.1.4 and all correct.

 

The IllegalAccessErrors are caused by other plugins, not Permissions. I can't fix it on my end.

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You might want to redownload a fresh copy of 3.1.5. I accidentally left out a line of code, which had the above result. Sorry.
I see what you mean. Fixing.

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I must have missed something. Use 3.1.4 for the time being.
Are you sure? I don't seem to be able to duplicate it.

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

 

And .. is it corrected ?

 

Can anyone who downloaded 3.1.5 (not 3.1.5b) download 3.1.5b? Just fixed user groups getting wiped.

 

ok i'll try ...
Result : The "groups :" is correct but "permissions:" is already "[]" !

 

3.1.5b fix lost "groups:" in "users.yml"

 

yes but what about lost "permissions:" in "users.yml" remplaced by "[]" ?

Yes, but i don't use "permissions:" on "users.yml".
So it stay clear. But it remplace by [] ... sure !
Before :

After :

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

 

I upgraded to 3.1.5b this morning, but you've crossed out your instructions above... /Confused

On another note, I install certain plugins, such as DeathTp, LWC, and Help, only for them to break all of the permissions that I've set up, reverting everyone back to the default group.

 

MyHome isnt fixed when i add it i get errors:

Code:

[SEVERE] java.lang.IllegalAccessError: tried to access class com.nijiko.permissions.ModularControl$1RefreshTask from class com.nijiko.permissions.ModularControl
2011-06-09 11:27:00 [SEVERE]     at com.nijiko.permissions.ModularControl.<init>(ModularControl.java:54)
2011-06-09 11:27:00 [SEVERE]     at com.nijikokun.bukkit.Permissions.Permissions.setupPermissions(Permissions.java:182)
2011-06-09 11:27:00 [SEVERE]     at com.nijikokun.bukkit.Permissions.Permissions.onLoad(Permissions.java:140)
2011-06-09 11:27:00 [SEVERE]     at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.loadPlugins(CraftServer.java:106)
2011-06-09 11:27:00 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.e(MinecraftServer.java:232)
2011-06-09 11:27:00 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.a(MinecraftServer.java:219)
2011-06-09 11:27:00 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.init(MinecraftServer.java:146)
2011-06-09 11:27:00 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:285)
2011-06-09 11:27:00 [SEVERE]     at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:422)
2011-06-09 11:27:00 [SEVERE] [Permissions] Unable to load permission data.
2011-06-09 11:27:00 [INFO] [Permissions] Shutting down Permissions due to error(s).

Though MyWarp works


And theres also something wrong with AutoHelp

 

Ive been creating my own script for my own script for personal entries for mysql using your database schema - https://github.com/TheYeti/Permissions/wiki/SQL-Database-Schema

What I cant work out is the format of parentorder in PrInheritance. It has to be an integer, cant be null, and needs to order group permissions or am I looking at this in the wrong way in that I rank different PrInheritance entries for one user? Meaning unless a user has >1 group inheritances, it will always be 1?

Update: I went with the schema and the idea PrInheritance/parentorder it should be 1 exlcuding where someone is in more than one groups, and it fails outright
A pain seeing as it took a few hours to encode all my permissions data

 

Ah, I was confused about the version fixes above thanks for clearing that up though...I'm guessing that those versions are of the other plugins? Do you know why they're clashing so violently?

 

Oh, you mean that. I thought you mean it being deleted and replaced. The "[]" is fine.

Do you have any of the (as of now incompatible) plugins listed in the first post? If there's an error in your console, post it in code tags.

I didn't say it was fixed in the release build, only the source, though flames just told me that it will be fixed in 2.0. I will be posting a temp fix for that soon.

 

I removed the MyX plugins, and everything's fine and dandy. Thank you

 

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I have installed Permissions now correctly and the commands work etc. , but i can't build!
I have turned build: false ---to---> build: true .

Groups File:

groups:
Default:
default: true
info:
prefix: '[Test]'
suffix: '[/]'
build: true <------ True!
inheritance:
permissions:
- 'foo.bar'
- 'pvptoggle.use'
- 'pvptoggle.command.toggle'
- 'pvptoggle.command.status'
- 'SpawnX.spawn'
Moderator:
default: false
info:
prefix: ''
suffix: ''
build: true
inheritance:
- Default
permissions:
- 'bar.foo'
Admins:
default: false
info:
prefix: ''
suffix: ''
build: true
inheritance:
permissions:
- '*'
- 'SpawnX.setspawn'


Users File:

users:
Terry23:
groups:
- Default (I think it doesn't matter if i am Default,Moderator or Admin)
permissions:


Maybe someone knows what's wrong.....or had the same problem.​

 

<3 for this plugin!
Havent made the switch from 2.x yet but very happy to see the awesome development!

 

Does your permissions file contain all of the 4 space indents needed?
Putting it in code brackets keeps it indented rather than inlined

 

Not only those 4 plugins get the illegal access error. These plugins too:
WorldGuard
Heroicdeath
FalseBook

And these 3 are plugins I REALLY want to add. Thanks for the fix.

 

Can someone help me please? I am a newb bukkit server admin, but I have bukkit server running and a few plugins working fine. I cannot seem to get the Permissions plugin to work, and its needed for all the other plugins I want.

Questions:

1. All the guides / tutorials talk about the plugin creating a folder called "Permissions" but my version creates a folder called "Permissions-bin". Should I rename this or leave it? Am I totally blind? My other plugins load fine...

2. How much of the users and groups.yaml files do I have to edit? Can I just replace my name with Herpina or do I have to delete all the foo.bar data that is in there?

3. Do I have to run one of the executable jar files to get this thing to turn on for the first time? I have it set up as the guide tell me to but it just doesnt seem to be "latching" on to the game. Is my directory structure screwed?

As you can tell I know nothing of databases... sorry.