Chapter 6. Player Permissions

Player permissions is one feature that nearly every Bukkit server admin 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 on the Bukkit website. In the past, developers had to write their own code in order to support one or more of these permission systems. Luckily, Bukkit 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 that we can be sure will not drastically change at any moment. In this chapter we will do just that and also install a permissions plugin to help you organize each player's permissions. By the end of this chapter you will be able to control your server in a way that untrusted players will not be able to...