Chapter 6. Player Permissions
Player Permissions is one feature that nearly every Bukkit server administrator wants to have on their server. In vanilla Minecraft, you are either an OP (operator), or simply a regular player. With permissions, you can create an infinite number of ranks between the two. There are several permission plugins available, which can be found on the Bukkit or Spigot websites. In the past, developers had to write their own code in order to support one or more of these permission systems. Luckily, the Bukkit API now has a basis for player permissions, which makes our job easier. We no longer need to learn a new API for every permissions plugin that exists. We only need to support Bukkit's universal permissions system, which we can be sure will not change drastically at any moment. In this chapter, you will do just that and install a permissions plugin that helps you organize each player's permissions. By the end of this chapter, you will be able...